Why are fewer women than men from top UK universities still not securing graduate level jobs?
Research shows that a lower proportion of women than men are in graduate level jobs, six months after leaving seven top UK universities. This paper presents new empirical evidence from a unique dataset on the significantly different attitudes and behaviours between Oxford men and women undergraduates that might explain why women are less likely to have secured a graduate level job than men. Lower self-assurance, firmer beliefs in gender stereotypes, strong prestige and gender-characterisation of occupations, and favouring sectors with informal and low-status entry, all contribute to a lower pr... Show more
Authors: Black, Jonathan P.; Turner, Malgorzata
Published: Abingdon, England, Taylor and Francis, 2016
Resource type: Article
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