The Transformation in Gender Inequality in Tertiary Education

Francis G. Castles and Jane Marceau

Journal of Public Policy, 1989, vol. 9, issue 4, 493-507

Abstract: Between 1960 and 1981 there was a very substantial increase in female enrolment and a move towards a much lessened degree of gender inequality in tertiary education in most advanced industrial societies. The article seeks to locate the main determinants of cross-national variance in gender inequality at both time points and of change across time. The hypotheses examined suggest the influence of a variety of economic, social structural, political, demographic and attitudinal variables and a multivariate analysis demonstrates that all are implicated in the transformation of educational policy outcomes during the period.

Date: 1989
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