Gender and STEM: Understanding Segregation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

• Main Author: Maria Charles (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Sarah Thébaud (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Women; Engineering; Segregation; Race/ethnicity; Men; Sexuality; Science; Mathematics; Gender; STEM; Inequality
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This volume features thirteen original chapters on the causes and consequences of gender segregation in scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM") occupations and fields of study. Although women have made great strides in equalizing access to labor markets and higher educ...