Cordial saludo,

Este viernes 21 de octubre de 2016 se llevará a cabo la trigésima quinta sesión del Seminario Interno de FEN donde se exponen trabajos en progreso de académicos y avances de tesis de estudiantes.

En esta ocasión se presentará "Effect of Single Sex Schools on Major Choice"

El seminario se llevará a cabo a las 13:00 hrs en la sala T1002 de la FEN. Se solicita confirmar asistencia con Juanita Castillo al correo jcastillo@unegocios.cl a más tardar el día jueves 20 de octubre de 2016 a las 13:00 horas, ya que el seminario contempla almuerzo.

Atentos saludos,

Dirección de Investigación FEN

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Título - "Effect of Single Sex Schools on Major Choice”

Autor -  Valentina Paredes & Fabián Duarte

Abstract - The gender wage gap has been a widely discussed topic both in the economic literature and by public opinion. For Chile, although the number of women enrolled in the first year of higher education has exceeded the number of men enrolled since 2009, the average monthly income for salaried women is 20% less than for salaried men. One factor that explains part of the gender gap in wages is occupational segregation. In particular, Chile suffers from an underrepresentation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) college majors. In this paper, we study how single-sex schools affects the choice of a STEM major. Using an instrumental variable approach, where we use variations in the supply of single-sex schools as an instrument for the type of school, we find that single sex schools result in higher test scores for both girls and boys, and a higher probability of choosing a STEM major for girls, with mixed results for boys.