I disagree about using BIGI as a robustness check. BIGI and GII are very different with countries like Iran being slightly better for women than men in BIGI and very unequal in GII.
Did you graduate with a STEM degree like I (and my wife) did? I would be surprised if you have, because you'd know there's been a VERY large increase over the last century in female STEM grads.
I disagree about using BIGI as a robustness check. BIGI and GII are very different with countries like Iran being slightly better for women than men in BIGI and very unequal in GII.
GII ~= how feminist a country is
BIGI ~= do men and women have different basic outcomes
They are barely correlated with each other.
Women haven't made gains in STEM in america. That census report includes SOCIAL sciences as STEM! Lol.
Social sciences account for 3% of STEM jobs per the Census data, and you can easily remove them from the headline number by clicking around, if you’d like. The increase will be the same. Alternatively, you can look at STEM graduation rates by sex: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Percentage-of-bachelors-and-doctoral-degrees-awarded-to-women-in-various-STEM-subjects-in_fig3_342305979
So biology is the biggest driver? LOL
Did you graduate with a STEM degree like I (and my wife) did? I would be surprised if you have, because you'd know there's been a VERY large increase over the last century in female STEM grads.
All concentrated in life sciences like biology