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The gender gap in tech

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


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The gender gap in tech

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Mar 9, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Are women really less likely than men to be hired for jobs in tech just because of their sex? A study claims that sexism in the recruitment process is holding women back from entering the tech sector. But the study is not all it seems. There are much better statistics that can help explain why fewer women than men work in tech in the USA and lessons to be learned from India, where there is a much smaller gender gap in the tech sector.

Presenter: Phoebe Keane

Photo: An engineer looking at information on a screen interface
Credit: Metamorworks / Getty Images
Released:
Mar 9, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4