Original article by Nassim Khadem, Tim Dodd
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 and 6 : 18-Jun-14

Advanced mathematics and science courses are only studied by about 13% of boys in Year 12 at Australian high schools. However, for female pupils the rate is even lower at just 6.6%. The Graduate Careers Australia warns that this accounts for the lack of women in professions commanding high remuneration, for example engineering. Of the 9.4% discrepancy between average male and female wages, about half can be explained by the under-representation of women in such fields. It will also make it harder to reach the Business Council of Australia’s target of half of all executive positions being held by women in 2024

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