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Women Are Better in Tech Than Men, Says a Report
Credit: Ms. Career Girl
Think men's brains are better suited for tech jobs? Think again.
A report from the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution measured men's and women's digital scores, and found that women had stronger skills than men do.
The Brookings report, called "Digitalization and the American Workforce," looked at "information about the knowledge, skills, tools and technology; education and training; work context; and work activities required" for high tech jobs, and it gave women a digital score of 48 versus 45 for men.
But despite that higher aptitude, the report says, more men than women are filling the highest-level digital jobs in "computer, engineering, and management fields, as well as lower-digital occupations."
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