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abstract: 'PurposeParticipation of women in engineering education is considerably
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low in India, although it is increasing in recent years. Also,
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engineering is primarily treated as a male-dominated profession, and the
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authors do not find many women in this sector. What factors contribute
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to this significant gender differences in engineering education and
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labour market in India? In this context, this study aims to examine the
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factors that explain the gender variations in academic performance and
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labour market outcomes (placement and earnings) of engineering graduates
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in India.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on primary survey
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data from fourth-year engineering students in Delhi, collected in
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2018-2019, with a total sample size of 3186. The study uses Ordinary
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least square method (OLS) and Heckman selection model to analyse gender
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differences in academic performance and labour market outcomes of
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engineering graduates, respectively.FindingsThe study finds that
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academic performance of male students is around 10.4\% more than female
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students. However, this difference is heavily influenced by various
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socioeconomic and institutional factors. Interestingly, 3\% of female
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engineering graduates have received more job offers than males, which
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contradicts the common belief that women engineers face job
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discrimination in the labour market in India. However, the authors find
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that male engineers earn around 7\% more than female engineers shows the
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evidence of pro-male gender wage inequality in earnings. The findings
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support that there is a considerable variation in academic performance
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and earnings between male and female engineering
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graduates.Originality/valueWhile the authors find some literature in the
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area of gender difference in the academic performance and labour market
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among university graduates in India, studies in the field of engineering
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education are sparse. In a context where fewer women are found in the
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field of engineering education along with low participation in the
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labour market, the findings of this study significantly contribute to
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the policy making.'
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affiliation: 'Choudhury, I (Corresponding Author), Delhi Technol Univ, Dept Humanities,
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Delhi, India.
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Choudhury, Itishree; Singh, Seema, Delhi Technol Univ, Dept Humanities, Delhi, India.'
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author: Choudhury, Itishree and Singh, Seema
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author-email: 'shreeeconomics17@gmail.com
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seemahumanitiesdtu@gmail.com'
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author_list:
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- family: Choudhury
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given: Itishree
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- family: Singh
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given: Seema
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1108/IJM-04-2022-0179
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earlyaccessdate: JUL 2023
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eissn: 1758-6577
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files: []
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issn: 0143-7720
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journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER
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keywords: 'Engineering education; Gender difference; Women participation; Academic
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performance; Labour market'
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keywords-plus: 'TECHNICAL-EDUCATION; WOMEN; SCIENCE; EMPLOYMENT; STUDENTS;
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DISCRIMINATION; TECHNOLOGY; QUALITY; CAREER'
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language: English
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month: 2023 JUL 25
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number-of-cited-references: '55'
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papis_id: 40c3ba6b5e7328149ee3ce6f84cf855c
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ref: Choudhury2023analysinggender
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'Analysing gender differences in academic performance and labour market outcomes
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of engineering graduates: evidence from India'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:001034340400001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '5'
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usage-count-since-2013: '5'
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web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Management
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year: '2023'
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