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From: TimF	10/11/2006 5:14:26 PM
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The Shalala Report on Women in Science and Engineering--Posner becker-posner-blog.com One comment to that post Before the discussion begins, I'd like to ask about something that wasn't mentioned here. I wonder if anyone has hypothesized yet about path dependency and/or the Schelling model? I bring it up because it's plausible that at least part of the lack of women at the top science schools is caused by the fact that there have been few women at such schools in the past. Thus, as a result of historical accident [past discrimination against women in education] the relevant fields came to be dominated by men. Even if all discrimination were lifted [which it probably is not, though I'm sure it has declined], it is very possible that most women don't want to enter a field where they would be a minority. The Schelling model explains self-segregation by positing that no group wants to be a minority in its immediate neighborhood. It's plausible that women simply don't want to enter a field where this would be the case. [The same probably applies to men who consider top fields dominated by women, like the mentioned primatology.] Posted by Haris at October 3, 2006 10:34 AM \| direct link becker-posner-blog.com Comment on the NAS Report on Women in Science and Engineering-BECKER becker-posner-blog.com

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