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Direct linkPilar Beneito; Javier Soria-Espín; Óscar Vicente-Chirivella – Education Economics, 2024
This paper investigates the impact of students' month of birth (MOB) on their university career choices. Specifically, we analyze whether the oldest students in their academic cohorts show more aspirational preferences when expressing their first choice of university degree. Using administrative records for students in a large university district…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Choice, Higher Education, STEM Education
Sáinz, Milagros; Fàbregues, Sergi; Rodó-de-Zárate, Maria; Martínez-Cantos, José-Luis; Arroyo, Lidia; Romano, María-José – Journal of Career Development, 2020
The present study examined gender differences in the motivations leading young people to pursue highly male-dominated Science, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) degrees and careers. Seventeen young people, either enrolled in university studies or working in the private STEM sector, were interviewed. Drawing on the factors influencing…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Career Choice, STEM Education, Student Attitudes
Sáinz, Milagros; Müller, Jörg – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
Drawing on expectancy-value theory, this study examines gender and family influences on students' career aspirations and attached values. 796 secondary Spanish students (M age = 16 years old, S.D. = 0.81) participated. 53% were boys. The results show that boys and students with mothers who have completed intermediate level education were more…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Family Influence, STEM Education, Academic Aspiration
