Higher Education and Gender Inequality
Higher Education and Gender Inequality
This chapter discusses the Japanese and Taiwanese educational systems, showing that the quality and composition of a country's labor supply largely depend on women's and men's educational opportunities. In particular, whether a country's labor supply consists of a sufficient number of qualified men is thought to affect the overall likelihood for managers to accommodate women in the workplace, since managers generally prefer hiring men over women given the same qualifications. The analysis demonstrates how a strong emphasis on vocational education and gender segregation in elite high schools actually enhanced women's access to higher education in Taiwan. It also discusses how the small differences in the design of the school entrance examinations between Japan and Taiwan had critical implications for girls' chances of entering prestigious universities.
Keywords: Japanese educational system, Taiwanese educational system, labor supply, gender segregation, university
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