520
Inequalities in Choice of Educational Field: Motivations and Consequences

Friday, 20 July 2018: 08:30-10:20
Location: 716B (MTCC SOUTH BUILDING)
RC28 Social Stratification (host committee)

Language: English

This session invites papers that explore the significance of educational fields for social stratification and inequalities (social, as well as gendered and ethnic inequalities). Both studies of differentiated patterns and motives for choices of educational fields, and studies of consequences of such choices (e.g. on the labour market) are welcome. Both empirical and theoretical explorations are of interest.
Session Organizers:
Haavar HELLAND, Center for the study of professions, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway and Oyvind Nicolay WIBORG, Department of Sociology and Human geography, University of Oslo, Norway
Co-chairs:
Haavar HELLAND, Center for the study of professions, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway and Oyvind Nicolay WIBORG, University of Oslo, Norway
Oral Presentations
520.1
Social Class Background and Gendered Educational Choices
Sara SEEHUUS, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway
520.2
Do Information on Returns Reduce Gender and Socio-Economic Inequalities in Field of Study Choices? Information on Returns Make a Difference?
Claudia FINGER, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany
520.3
All That Glitters Is Not Gold. Inequality of Labour Market Outcomes Among Polish STEM Graduates.
Tomasz ZAJAC, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland
520.4
Gender Wage Gap in STEM Fields in Germany
Laura ZAPFE, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Germany
520.5
Same Context – Different Choices? Explaining Group-Specific Variations in the Impact of Socio-Spatial Context Conditions on the Choice to Study and the Field of Study
Katarina WESSLING, University of Cologne, Germany
Distributed Papers
520.6
Roots and Stems? Examining Field of Study Choices Among Northern and Rural Youth in Canada
Darcy HANGO, Statistics Canada, Canada; David ZARIFA, Nipissing University, Canada; Roger PIZARRO MILIAN, Nipissing University, Canada; Brad SEWARD, Nipissing University, Canada
520.7
Primary and Secondary Effects on Choice of Field in Higher Education
Haavar HELLAND, Center for the study of professions, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway; Oyvind Nicolay WIBORG, Department of Sociology and Human geography, University of Oslo, Norway
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