Reblogged from Job Market Monitor:
NO matter how much money and thought the government puts into encouraging students at all educational levels to choose the hard subjects of science and mathematics, it will be tough to overcome the "girl nerd" factor reports The Australian in 'Girl-nerd' factor stops women taking 'boy' jobs.
Joanna Sikora and Artur Pokropek explore gender segregation of adolescent science career plans in Gender segregation of adolescent science career plans in 50 countries.