 Role models and revealed gender-specific costs of STEM in an extended Roy model of major choiceMarc Henry, Romuald Méango and Ismaël Mourifié Journal of Econometrics, 2024, vol. 238, issue 2 Abstract: We derive sharp bounds on the non consumption utility component in an extended Roy model of sector selection. We interpret this non consumption utility component as a compensating wage differential. The bounds are derived under the assumption that potential utilities in each sector are (jointly) stochastically monotone with respect to an observed selection shifter. The research is motivated by the analysis of women’s choice of university major, their under representation in mathematics intensive fields, and the impact of role models on choices and outcomes. To illustrate our methodology, we investigate the cost of STEM fields with data from a German graduate survey, and using the mother’s education level and the proportion of women on the STEM faculty at the time of major choice as selection shifters. Keywords: Roy model; Partial identification; Stochastic monotonicity; Sharp bounds; Sharp testable implications; Education sector choice; Role models; Women in STEM (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:econom:v:238:y:2024:i:2:s0304407623002877 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2023.105571 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Econometrics is currently edited by T. Amemiya, A. R. Gallant, J. F. Geweke, C. Hsiao and P. M. Robinson More articles in Journal of Econometrics from Elsevier |
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