Is the gender-gap reversal a feedback loop? Demographic factors influencing gender-gap inequalities in tertiary education in European countries

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F25%3A00141043" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/25:00141043 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0276562425000319" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0276562425000319</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101040" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.rssm.2025.101040</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Is the gender-gap reversal a feedback loop? Demographic factors influencing gender-gap inequalities in tertiary education in European countries

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The educational structures of European populations have changed significantly over the last 20 years. The average proportion of young people (aged 25-34) in European countries who had attained tertiary education increased from 25% in 2000 to 41% in 2020. This educational expansion has been accompanied by a change of the gender ratio in favor of women and the growth of a gender-gap reversal (GGR). We deal with demographic factors that influence the trends in GGR in tertiary education. We use the first round of Generations and Gender Surveys (GGS-I) data collected under the Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) in 12 European countries. We analyze the effects of parental educational hypogamy (marriage where the wife's education level is higher than the husband's), parental tertiary homogamy (marriage where the wife's tertiary level is the same as the husband's), parental divorce, and non-intact origin family. The empirical results show that three of these factors have positive effects on women's tertiary education attainment and increase the GGR. We argue that the increasing level of GGR then reinforces the prevalence of these factors in the tertiary educated population at the macro level by which the GGR is boosted again over time. Based on this cyclic argument we suggest interpreting the GGR in tertiary education as a positive feedback loop.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Is the gender-gap reversal a feedback loop? Demographic factors influencing gender-gap inequalities in tertiary education in European countries

Popis výsledku anglicky

The educational structures of European populations have changed significantly over the last 20 years. The average proportion of young people (aged 25-34) in European countries who had attained tertiary education increased from 25% in 2000 to 41% in 2020. This educational expansion has been accompanied by a change of the gender ratio in favor of women and the growth of a gender-gap reversal (GGR). We deal with demographic factors that influence the trends in GGR in tertiary education. We use the first round of Generations and Gender Surveys (GGS-I) data collected under the Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) in 12 European countries. We analyze the effects of parental educational hypogamy (marriage where the wife's education level is higher than the husband's), parental tertiary homogamy (marriage where the wife's tertiary level is the same as the husband's), parental divorce, and non-intact origin family. The empirical results show that three of these factors have positive effects on women's tertiary education attainment and increase the GGR. We argue that the increasing level of GGR then reinforces the prevalence of these factors in the tertiary educated population at the macro level by which the GGR is boosted again over time. Based on this cyclic argument we suggest interpreting the GGR in tertiary education as a positive feedback loop.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50401 - Sociology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA25-15612S" target="_blank" >GA25-15612S: Hodnoty na rozcestí: České a evropské hodnoty v době nových společenských výzev</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

ISSN

0276-5624

e-ISSN

1878-5654

Svazek periodika

97

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

June

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

1-19

Kód UT WoS článku

001483021800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105003727506