Fewer women are choosing natural and engineering sciences in more gender-equal countries

Fewer women are choosing natural and engineering sciences in more gender-equal countries

In more gender-equal countries, girls tend to avoid natural and engineering sciences more than girls in countries with lower levels of gender equality, according to the doctoral dissertation of M.A. Marco Balducci at the University of Turku, Finland. Balducci argues that in more gender-equal societies, individual preferences may have an even stronger influence on educational choices than in less equal societies.