This paper provides a comprehensive overview of adolescent career plans reported in PISA 2006. Its
main focus is on the differences in the status and area of employment expected by girls and boys in high
school. In almost all countries, girls lead boys in their interest in non-manual, high status professional
occupations. This can be seen as a vertical dimension of gender segregation in occupational preferences.
Students also differ by gender in selecting particular fields of employment within status categories. These
differences make up the horizontal segregation of students' expectations and, in PISA 2006, are prominent
in the gendered choices of specific subfields of science. Both the vertical and the horizontal dimensions
must be considered to appreciate the cultural and institutional factors which promote and reinforce
systematic divides in career choices of adolescent boys and girls.
Gendered Career Expectations of Students
Perspectives from PISA 2006
Working paper
OECD Education Working Papers
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