A Meta-analysis of the Gender Gap in Performance in Collegiate Economics Courses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9256530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marianne Johnson (0000-0003-0359-7626, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh), Denise Robson (0000-0003-2208-4850, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh), Sarinda Taengnoi (University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 436-459 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Social Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6764 • E-ISSN: 1470-1162 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00346764.2014.958902 |
| OpenAlex | W2022292437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 40 |
The conventional wisdom has been that men outperform otherwise equivalent women in collegiate economics courses. Recent work in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields documenting gains by women suggests that it is time to reevaluate the gender performance gap in economics. Surveying 68 studies containing 235 distinct regressions published since 1980, we find that 68.4% of regressions report men outperform women, though this is only statistically significant in 30.7% of regressions. Although the literature points to numerous reasons for this gap, our focus is on the effects of study design and the impact of broad socio-cultural changes over time. Using meta-regression analysis, we find that the likelihood of observing a statistically significant gap has declined noticeably, by almost 3% annually. Although the drop may not be as large as in some STEM fields, the result is highly robust to the specification of the time trend and the model
Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Engineering ethics · Gender gap · Meta-analysis · Meta-regression · Regression analysis · Science and engineering · Sociology · Statistics · Demography · Engineering · Higher Education Research Studies · Innovations in Educational Methods · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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| Citations per year | 0.44 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |