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Every exhibit in the study

All 23 exhibits — the four in the main text, the fourteen in the online appendix, and the five the paper defers here — each with the caption it carries in the manuscript, the page it appears on, and the counts behind it. The artwork is the same vector file the paper prints.

Exhibit numbers, pages and captions on this page are generated from the manuscript's own cross-reference table, so they cannot drift from the published paper. Where a figure has underlying counts, they are printed below it and offered as CSV.

Main text (4)

The four exhibits in the body of the Short Communication, with the page each appears on in the manuscript PDF.

Figure 1 · manuscript p. 10

Women as a share of STEM applicants, all applicants and top 10%

Women as a share of STEM applicants, all applicants and top 10%
Figure 2 · manuscript p. 11

The pipeline gap and the choice gap among top-10% students

The pipeline gap and the choice gap among top-10% students
Figure 3 · manuscript p. 15

Pipeline component against choice component

Pipeline component against choice component
Figure 4 · manuscript p. 16

Female share at each stage of the STEM funnel, top decile

Female share at each stage of the STEM funnel, top decile

Online appendix (14)

The fourteen figures of the online appendix (pp. 24–48 of the same PDF), reproduced here in full so they can be read without opening the paper.

Figure B.I · manuscript p. 28

The choice gap at the top 1%, 5% and 10%

The choice gap at the top 1%, 5% and 10%
Figure B.II · manuscript p. 29

Gender shares among STEM applicants at alternative thresholds

Gender shares among STEM applicants at alternative thresholds
Figure B.III · manuscript p. 30

Gender shares among top students at alternative thresholds

Gender shares among top students at alternative thresholds
Figure B.IV · manuscript p. 31

The pipeline gap at alternative thresholds

The pipeline gap at alternative thresholds
Figure B.V · manuscript p. 32

STEM first-choice probabilities by sex at alternative thresholds

STEM first-choice probabilities by sex at alternative thresholds
Figure B.VI · manuscript p. 33

The STEM first-choice gap at alternative thresholds

The STEM first-choice gap at alternative thresholds
Figure B.VII · manuscript p. 34

Any-STEM probabilities by sex at alternative thresholds

Any-STEM probabilities by sex at alternative thresholds
Figure B.VIII · manuscript p. 35

The any-STEM gap at alternative thresholds

The any-STEM gap at alternative thresholds
Figure C.I · manuscript p. 39

Business/law first-choice probabilities by sex

Business/law first-choice probabilities by sex
Figure C.II · manuscript p. 40

The business/law first-choice gap

The business/law first-choice gap
Figure C.III · manuscript p. 41

Health first-choice probabilities by sex

Health first-choice probabilities by sex
Figure C.IV · manuscript p. 42

The health first-choice gap

The health first-choice gap
Figure D.I · manuscript p. 43

Pipeline and choice gaps in cohorts closest to 2018

Pipeline and choice gaps in cohorts closest to 2018
Figure G.I · manuscript p. 46

Pipeline and choice gaps against the wage parity index

Pipeline and choice gaps against the wage parity index

Deferred to these online materials (5)

Five figures the Short Communication has no room for and points here for instead: the three by-score-bin figures promised in the Appendix B.8 footnote, and the two any-choice cross-field figures promised in the Appendix C footnote. Each carries the underlying counts.

Online-only figure · not in the PDF

Female shares by score bin

Female shares by score bin
Underlying counts (60 rows)
Underlying counts for Female shares by score bin
countryscore_binn_malen_femaleprob_male_pctprob_female_pctgap_pp
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Taiwan636823801NANANA
Taiwan733283542NANANA
Taiwan839674294NANANA
Taiwan936322681NANANA
Taiwan1042322766NANANA
Chile1-5390308487488NANANA
Chile67900793466NANANA
Chile78236793485NANANA
Chile88432589161NANANA
Chile98820286096NANANA
Chile109748676534NANANA
Brazil1-5516477839128NANANA
Brazil6116752154418NANANA
Brazil7124021147029NANANA
Brazil8131351139685NANANA
Brazil9136829134310NANANA
Brazil10137150133899NANANA
China1-51263613595NANANA
China621623139NANANA
China721233166NANANA
China820623107NANANA
China920143220NANANA
China1023242879NANANA
Uganda1-5115249915NANANA
Uganda621121485NANANA
Uganda718851319NANANA
Uganda815971083NANANA
Uganda91250890NANANA
Uganda1019561231NANANA
Finland1-565594108684NANANA
Finland61380620811NANANA
Finland71435120546NANANA
Finland81356021081NANANA
Finland91476720119NANANA
Finland101672617859NANANA
Spain1-5204517224561NANANA
Spain63583049897NANANA
Spain73416551632NANANA
Spain83279953057NANANA
Spain93135554366NANANA
Spain103190853783NANANA
Australia1-51745321456NANANA
Australia633144387NANANA
Australia733684379NANANA
Australia833214494NANANA
Australia932374491NANANA
Australia1035904158NANANA
Greece1-5161632178384NANANA
Greece62839539607NANANA
Greece72832139682NANANA
Greece82821539790NANANA
Greece92766940333NANANA
Greece102648441523NANANA
Sweden1-52648327649NANANA
Sweden643496569NANANA
Sweden741036647NANANA
Sweden838746923NANANA
Sweden936227260NANANA
Sweden1036737085NANANA

figB5_female_shares_bins.csv

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STEM first-choice gap by score bin

STEM first-choice gap by score bin
Underlying counts (60 rows)
Underlying counts for STEM first-choice gap by score bin
countryscore_binn_malen_femaleprob_male_pctprob_female_pctgap_pp
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Taiwan104232276680.0803402646502955.35068691250904-24.72965335214125
Chile1-56968312185233.831781065683178.28381971572071-25.547961349962456
Chile6449136260136.8000356244294510.450312295330745-26.3497233290987
Chile7568207164538.8789158746920112.231139646869984-26.64777622782203
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Chile9781227861242.7664422313816917.370121609932326-25.396320621449362
Chile10923067311845.4033323944272320.795153040291037-24.608179354136194
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China1-5126361359550.7280785058562915.027583670467084-35.70049483538921
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Uganda71885131943.34217506631321.152388172858224-22.189786893454773
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Uganda9125089047.19999999999999625.842696629213485-21.35730337078651
Uganda101956123146.01226993865030634.52477660438667-11.487493334263633
Finland1-56559410868425.6791779735951455.833425343196791-19.845752630398355
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Finland9147672011939.66953341911017415.164769620756498-24.504763798353675
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Spain7341655163244.4197277915995917.064998450573288-27.354729341026303
Spain8327995305747.0441171986950818.798650507944288-28.245466690750796
Spain9313555436650.91691915165045421.34422249199868-29.572696659651776
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Australia63314438736.9040434520217311.944381126054251-24.95966232596748
Australia73368437939.93467933491686514.638045215802695-25.29663411911417
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Greece1-516163217838442.84547614333795516.49419230424253-26.351283839095423
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Greece10264844152347.8439812717112225.313681574067388-22.530299697643834
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Sweden64349656933.226028972177519.362155579235806-23.863873392941706
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Sweden83874692336.9127516778523512.046800520005778-24.86595115784657
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figB6_stem_first_bins.csv

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Any-STEM gap by score bin

Any-STEM gap by score bin
Underlying counts (60 rows)
Underlying counts for Any-STEM gap by score bin
countryscore_binn_malen_femaleprob_male_pctprob_female_pctgap_pp
Taiwan1-5173361880687.6499769266266874.0508348399447-13.59914208668198
Taiwan63682380188.6746333514394470.00789265982637-18.66674069161307
Taiwan73328354287.620192307692370.52512704686617-17.095065260826132
Taiwan83967429489.3622384673556872.98556124825338-16.376677219102305
Taiwan93632268193.1442731277533179.89556135770235-13.24871177005096
Taiwan104232276694.9196597353497186.22559652928416-8.69406320606555
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Chile6449136260152.9957918642709323.456494305202792-29.539297559068135
Chile7568207164554.5846532910946926.366110684625582-28.218542606469107
Chile8670867542656.700354768506129.395699095802506-27.304655672703596
Chile9781227861258.1129515373390331.86281992571109-26.25013161162794
Chile10923067311859.1554178493272434.86966273694576-24.28575511238148
Brazil1-551647783912840.3775966790389522.71739234062026-17.66020433841869
Brazil611675215441842.91917911470467623.982955354945666-18.93622375975901
Brazil712402114702944.12962320897267424.725734378932046-19.40388883004063
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Brazil913682913431048.9348018329447727.376219194401013-21.558582638543758
Brazil1013715013389949.2373313889901626.527457262563576-22.70987412642658
China1-5126361359575.8705286483064259.536594336152994-16.333934312153424
China62162313986.9102682701202668.77986619942656-18.13040207069369
China72123316689.778615167216268.03537586860392-21.74323929861228
China82062310784.2386032977691658.995815899581594-25.242787398187566
China92014322082.1747765640516456.30434782608695-25.870428737964687
China102324287982.0137693631669655.609586662035426-26.404182701131532
Uganda1-511524991565.6456091634848948.66364094805849-16.9819682154264
Uganda62112148578.6458333333333457.03703703703704-21.608796296296305
Uganda71885131982.2811671087533258.15011372251706-24.13105338623626
Uganda81597108385.7858484658735163.342566943674974-22.44328152219854
Uganda9125089088.6470.0-18.64
Uganda101956123188.9570552147239279.52883834281073-9.428216871913193
Finland1-56559410868437.86321919687776511.354937249273123-26.508281947604644
Finland6138062081139.7001303780964815.338042381432896-24.362087996663586
Finland7143512054642.7287297052470218.903922904701645-23.824806800545375
Finland8135602108145.7743362831858423.58521891750866-22.18911736567718
Finland9147672011953.9784654973928329.74302897758338-24.235436519809454
Finland10167261785964.2711945474112142.337196931519124-21.93399761589209
Spain1-520451722456137.9142076208823714.032712715030659-23.881494905851714
Spain6358304989742.9500418643594716.62224181814538-26.32780004621409
Spain7341655163244.7065710522464517.901688875116207-26.804882177130246
Spain8327995305747.2880270739961619.80511525340671-27.48291182058945
Spain9313555436650.92010843565619622.309899569583933-28.610208866072263
Spain10319085378353.7326062429484824.769908707212316-28.96269753573616
Australia1-5174532145642.7834756202372121.075689783743474-21.707785836493738
Australia63314438759.9577549788774931.958057898335994-27.999697080541495
Australia73368437962.4703087885985735.5560630280886-26.91424576050997
Australia83321449463.95663956639566539.56386292834891-24.392776638046755
Australia93237449167.8097003398208247.45045646849254-20.35924387132828
Australia103590415874.5961002785515357.11880711880711-17.47729315974442
Greece1-516163217838491.0252920213819282.27083146470535-8.754460556676563
Greece6283953960784.5184011269589863.710960183805895-20.807440943153082
Greece7283213968282.6912891493944458.85288039917342-23.838408750221014
Greece8282153979082.4065213538897756.70017592359889-25.70634543029088
Greece9276694033383.0857638512414556.52939280489922-26.556371046342235
Greece10264844152385.0513517595529460.07273077571467-24.978620983838276
Sweden1-5264832764943.3863233017407414.362183080762414-29.024140220978325
Sweden64349656944.65394343527247417.32379357588674-27.330149859385735
Sweden74103664745.6982695588593718.474499774334284-27.22376978452509
Sweden83874692346.6184821889519919.38465982955366-27.233822359398328
Sweden93622726047.18387631143015421.06060606060606-26.123270250824095
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figB7_stem_any_bins.csv

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Any-business/law probabilities and gap

Any-business/law probabilities and gap
Underlying counts (28 rows)
Underlying counts for Any-business/law probabilities and gap
countrythresholdn_malen_femaleprob_male_pctprob_female_pctgap_pp
TaiwanTop 5%2148.01306.035.75454.97719.223
ChileTop 5%50745.036010.027.00823.58-3.428
BrazilTop 5%68293.067283.018.20716.74-1.467
ChinaTop 5%1242.01379.051.85283.68431.832
UgandaTop 5%1001.0605.015.48522.1496.664
FinlandTop 5%8537.08437.018.7313.216-5.515
SpainTop 5%19479.031949.010.83215.4814.649
AustraliaTop 5%1879.02073.054.49738.736-15.761
GreeceTop 5%12382.021623.062.22754.715-7.513
SwedenTop 5%1854.03497.031.2331.8270.598
TaiwanTop 10%4232.02766.043.19563.84720.652
ChileTop 10%97486.076534.027.68523.707-3.978
BrazilTop 10%137150.0133899.019.95818.34-1.618
ChinaTop 10%2324.02879.057.78886.10628.318
UgandaTop 10%1956.01231.018.04730.13812.091
FinlandTop 10%16726.017859.019.34714.223-5.125
SpainTop 10%31908.053783.011.87816.2024.324
AustraliaTop 10%3590.04158.055.40437.278-18.126
SwedenTop 10%3673.07085.031.33735.063.723
TaiwanTop 20%7864.05447.048.9770.90121.931
ChileTop 20%185688.0162630.027.5423.209-4.331
BrazilTop 20%273979.0268209.021.3120.114-1.197
ChinaTop 20%4338.06099.064.40885.80121.393
UgandaTop 20%3206.02121.021.2137.38816.178
FinlandTop 20%31493.037978.022.96116.391-6.57
SpainTop 20%63263.0108149.014.18517.8133.628
AustraliaTop 20%6827.08649.053.47935.946-17.532
SwedenTop 20%7295.014345.033.72237.43.678

figC2_business_any.csv

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Any-health probabilities and gap

Any-health probabilities and gap
Underlying counts (30 rows)
Underlying counts for Any-health probabilities and gap
countrythresholdn_malen_femaleprob_male_pctprob_female_pctgap_pp
TaiwanTop 5%2148.01306.060.52157.963-2.558
ChileTop 5%50745.036010.029.27248.43119.159
BrazilTop 5%68293.067283.034.5655.19120.631
ChinaTop 5%1242.01379.019.80723.5683.761
UgandaTop 5%1001.0605.049.6559.5049.854
FinlandTop 5%8537.08437.028.37146.59218.222
SpainTop 5%19479.031949.022.91236.21413.302
AustraliaTop 5%1879.02073.037.3642.0164.656
GreeceTop 5%12382.021623.035.6438.3252.684
SwedenTop 5%1854.03497.026.05236.37410.322
TaiwanTop 10%4232.02766.049.2249.3850.165
ChileTop 10%97486.076534.025.70545.54619.841
BrazilTop 10%137150.0133899.027.22347.87520.651
ChinaTop 10%2324.02879.020.7426.0515.311
UgandaTop 10%1956.01231.048.36452.4784.114
FinlandTop 10%16726.017859.026.55144.81818.266
SpainTop 10%31908.053783.022.85336.53613.683
AustraliaTop 10%3590.04158.031.53240.2128.68
GreeceTop 10%26484.041523.032.20439.9787.773
SwedenTop 10%3673.07085.023.27834.93311.655
TaiwanTop 20%7864.05447.040.46340.352-0.11
ChileTop 20%185688.0162630.023.24243.97320.731
BrazilTop 20%273979.0268209.021.3740.3919.02
ChinaTop 20%4338.06099.024.66629.4474.782
UgandaTop 20%3206.02121.046.25748.1851.928
FinlandTop 20%31493.037978.023.9740.91316.943
SpainTop 20%63263.0108149.019.83333.68713.854
AustraliaTop 20%6827.08649.027.94839.29911.351
GreeceTop 20%54153.081856.025.69638.74213.047
SwedenTop 20%7295.014345.020.89135.69914.808

figC4_health_any.csv

Underlying data

Two files carry every number on this site. Both are derived from the same harmonized counts that produce the paper's figures.

  • Full results grid

    321 rows — one per country × field × stage × threshold, with counts, rates and gaps.

    rates_and_gaps.csv

  • Rates and counts by score bin

    180 rows — male and female rates and numerators by decile bin, for the pipeline, first-choice and any-choice measures.

    rates_by_bin.csv

  • Table A.I — institutional characteristics

    Setting, university-system and admission-system characteristics for the ten settings.

    inst_characteristics_gender.csv

  • Table A.II — sample provenance

    Administrative source, cohorts, sample size and top-decile composition per setting.

    top10_provenance.csv