The Gender Gap in Undergraduate Economics: A Scoping Review on Contributing Factors

Aijia Zhang

doi:10.62051/443gv557

Authors

Aijia Zhang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62051/443gv557

Keywords:

Undergraduate Women; Economics; Gender Gap; Economic Courses.

Abstract

The “women in economics” problem has become well-known within and beyond the economics profession in recent years. A greater representation of women and diversity in economics is necessary and beneficial at various levels. To explore the question of the underrepresentation of women in economics majors, this review identifies and evaluates literature exploring the factors contributing to the proportion of women majoring in economics at US colleges and universities. The contribution of this paper is to organize and clarify the existing knowledge exploring why women are underrepresented in economics at the undergraduate level. At the end of the paper, recommendations for future literature and research are made.

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