What is behind the gender gap in economics distance education: Age, work-life balance and COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: There is an ongoing debate about whether gender equality in education has been achieved or not. Research efforts have focused on primary and secondary education, while there are fewer studies on higher education, and few studies refer to distance education. To contribute to address this gap, this article presents a gender analysis of educational outcomes in economics at Spain's leading distance university, UNED, which is also the largest university in the European Union in terms of enrolment. The aim of the article is to assess whether there is a gender gap in academic results and to identify the sociodemographic and academic variables that may be causing such a gap by analysing how they shape such differences. Finally, the impact of COVID-19 is also considered. The results confirm that wo

SUBMITTER: Castellanos-Serrano C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9359611 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature