@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp14911,
            	author={Bertocchi, Graziella and Bonacini, Luca and Murat, Marina},
            	title={Adams and Eves: The Gender Gap in Economics Majors},
            	year={2021},
	month={Dec},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={14911},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14911},
	abstract={We investigate the gender gap in Economics among bachelor's and master's graduates in Italy between 2010 and 2019. First we establish that being female exerts a negative impact on the choice to major in Economics: at the bachelor level, only 73 women graduate in Economics for every 100 men, with the mathematical content of high school curricula as the key driver of the effect and a persistence of the gap at the master level. Second, within a full menu of major choices, Economics displays the largest gap, followed by STEM and then Business Economics. Third, decomposition analyses expose a unique role for the math background in driving the Economics gender gap relative to other fields. Fourth, a triple difference analysis of a high school reform shows that an increase in the math content of traditionally low math curricula caused an increase in the Economics gender gap among treated students.},
	keywords={major choice;business economics;higher education;economics;education gender gap;major switching;mathematics;stereotypes},
            }