Gendered Choices: Fields of study of adolescents in the Netherlands

Choosing a field of study is an important decision in determining future educational trajectories and occupations, and we know that boys and girls make different field of study choices. Girls are underrepresented in gender-stereotypical masculine fields like science and technology, whereas boys are underrepresented in gender-stereotypical feminine fields like education or health-related fields. This dissertation provides insight in the different ways in which adolescents’ social environment affects field of study choices, with a specific focus on how it leads boys and girls to different fields... Mehr ...