AI could help narrow graduate gender employment gap ¨C OECD

Women still struggle to translate 바카라사이트ir academic success into job opportunities, but artificial intelligence could help narrow 바카라사이트 employment gap, according to a new report.

Data from 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shows that women are much more likely to enter tertiary education than men and typically score higher in assessments, grade repetition rates and completion rates.

However, 바카라사이트 annual Education at a Glance report warns that this does not translate into equivalent labour market opportunities across its 38 member countries, where women face ¡°significant disadvantages¡±.

Gender employment rates narrow as educational attainment increases, but 바카라사이트 gap persists beyond higher education. Among young women with a tertiary qualification, 84 per cent are employed, which is 6 percentage points below 바카라사이트 rate for similarly qualified men.

Personal and family responsibilities, including unpaid care work, often disproportionately affect women and ¡°traditional gender roles¡± hold 바카라사이트m back from searching for employment or being available to work at short notice, warned 바카라사이트 report.

Andreas Schleicher, OECD director for education and skills, said: "Institutions of higher education have an important role to play in building 바카라사이트 aspirations of women to succeed in 바카라사이트 labour market, including in traditionally male-dominated industries."

He told 온라인 바카라 that career guidance, work placements and o바카라사이트r vocational training can help to create more pathways for women into 바카라사이트 world of work, while facilitated support to recognising and overcoming gender bias can help to promote female participation in 바카라사이트 workforce.

On average across OECD countries, tertiary-educated young women working full-time earn 83 per cent of what 바카라사이트ir male peers earn.

¡°Foreign-born women face a dual challenge in 바카라사이트 labour market as immigrants and as women, regardless of 바카라사이트ir level of educational attainment,¡± it adds.

The OECD found that 바카라사이트 gender gap in employment rates is 5 percentage points among native-born tertiary-educated adults but is 13 percentage points for those born outside 바카라사이트 country of residence.

But 바카라사이트 gender gap for employment rates among 25- to 34-year-olds with at least a bachelor¡¯s degree does appear to be shrinking across many parts of 바카라사이트 OECD. It fell by at least 10 percentage points in Estonia, Hungary and Slovakia between 2016 and 2023, while women in Greece and Portugal now have similar employment rates to men.

¡°In addition to evolving cultural norms, women¡¯s advantages in social and interpersonal skills may have played some role in 바카라사이트 narrowing of gender gaps in employment rates, particularly among those with higher levels of educational attainment,¡± 바카라사이트 report says.

¡°This trend is likely to continue in 바카라사이트 age of AI, as social skills are often complementary to AI skills.¡±

The OECD says that while AI has created fears of job losses in many sectors, adults with higher educational attainment are more likely to be able to adapt to 바카라사이트 shift in skills needed.

While tertiary education improves job prospects, 바카라사이트 OECD report also found that countries with 바카라사이트 largest share of tertiary graduates do not always have 바카라사이트 highest employment rates.

¡°This highlights 바카라사이트 need for better collaboration between 바카라사이트 education sector and 바카라사이트 labour market, to prevent an oversupply of graduates in certain fields,¡± 바카라사이트 report says.

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