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Gender and Internationalization in STEM Graduate Education: Case of the German Excellence Initiative

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  • Ali Sina Önder

    (University of Portsmouth)

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Are public policies effective in enhancing gender balance and internationalization in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate education? Using Germany’s Excellence Initiative as an event study, I analyze changes in graduate cohorts in STEM fields and investigate whether public policies that help to create and sustain STEM graduate programs also affect women’s participation in STEM graduate studies. and internationalization of STEM studies. Focusing on natural sciences and mathematics PhDs between 2000 and 2014, I find no statistically significant evidence that public funds led to any significant increase in women’s participation in STEM studies beyond already existing trends in these fields. I find, however, statistically significant differences between funded and not funded graduate programs in the share of thesis written in English, which can be interpreted as internationalization of STEM graduate studies due to public policies in that direction.

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  • Ali Sina Önder, 2023. "Gender and Internationalization in STEM Graduate Education: Case of the German Excellence Initiative," Working Papers in Economics & Finance 2023-01, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Business School, Economics and Finance Subject Group.
    • Handle: RePEc:pbs:ecofin:2023-01
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    Keywords

    Graduate Education; Public Funding; Gender; Internationalization; Natural Sciences; Excellence Initiative;
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    JEL classification:

    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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