Self-efficacy and interest in STEM subjects as predictors of the STEM gender gap in the US : the role of unobserved heterogeneity

• Main Authors: Sakellariou, Chris, Fang, Zheng
• 其他作者: School of Social Sciences
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2021
• 主題: Social sciences::Education; STEM Gender Gap; STEM Self-efficacy; STEM Interest; Unobserved Heterogeneity; Endogenous Treatment Effects; HSLS:09
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152415

We used HSLS:09 data to investigate how self-efficacy perceptions and interest in STEM subjects in high school predict subsequent STEM field participation. We focused on the role of unobserved heterogeneity in shaping gender differences in the predictive power of STEM-specific self-beliefs and inter...