STEM Training and Early Career Outcomes of Female and Male Graduate Students: Evidence from UMETRICS Data Linked to the 2010 Census | Zendy

Catherine Buffington | Zendy; Benjamin Cerf | Zendy; Christina Jones | Zendy; Bruce A. Weinberg | Zendy

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STEM Training and Early Career Outcomes of Female and Male Graduate Students: Evidence from UMETRICS Data Linked to the 2010 Census

Author(s) -

Catherine Buffington,

Benjamin Cerf,

Christina Jones,

Bruce A. Weinberg

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

american economic review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 16.936

H-Index - 297

eISSN - 1944-7981

pISSN - 0002-8282

DOI - 10.1257/aer.p20161124

Subject(s) - census , demography , marital status , demographic economics , graduate students , control (management) , psychology , training (meteorology) , american community survey , medical education , medicine , economics , sociology , geography , management , population , meteorology

Women are underrepresented in science and engineering, with the underrepresentation increasing in career stage. We analyze gender differences at critical junctures in the STEM pathway--graduate training and the early career--using UMETRICS administrative data matched to the 2010 Census and W-2s. We find strong gender separation in teams, although the effects of this are ambiguous. While no clear disadvantages exist in training environments, women earn 10% less than men once we include a wide range of controls, most notably field of study. This gap disappears once we control for womenu0027s marital status and presence of children.

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