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Tiêu đề

Gender imbalance in college applications: Does it lead to a preference for men in the admissions process?

Tác giả

Baum S.; Goodstein E.

Năm xuất bản

2005

Source title

Economics of Education Review

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.09.008

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-20944443763&doi=10.1016%2fj.econedurev.2004.09.008&partnerID=40&md5=8e884af4dfa4f2a540527b316e169223

Tóm tắt

Using data from 13 liberal arts colleges, we test for a preference for men in the college admissions process. We find that gender does matter, but in a complex way. Men do appear to be given preference as college applicant pools become more female. Consistent with this pattern, we find clear evidence of a preference for men in historically female colleges - which have the highest percent female applicant pools. Being a male applicant raises the probability of acceptance at these schools by between 6.5 and 9 percentage points. We find no significant male preference in historically co-educational or historically male colleges despite the fact that their applicant pools are more than 50% female. We also find that the bottom quartile of both the applicant and acceptance pools, as measured by high school academic record, is disproportionately male. As a result, even with a gender-blind admissions policy, the lower tail of college classrooms is likely to be dominated by men. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Từ khóa

Human capital; Resource allocation

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