000170984 001__ 170984 000170984 005__ 20260430151736.0 000170984 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1007/s11162-026-09898-2 000170984 0248_ $$2sideral$$a149044 000170984 037__ $$aART-2026-149044 000170984 041__ $$aeng 000170984 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2503-2829$$aGarcía-Mainar, Inmaculada$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000170984 245__ $$aEducational Gender Segregation and Educational Mismatch 000170984 260__ $$c2026 000170984 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000170984 5203_ $$aThe increasing connection between higher education and the workforce may influence gender-based educational and occupational segregation. If men and women continue to gravitate toward fields historically dominated by their own gender, this segregation will persist. Furthermore, the chosen field of study carries implications for labor market mismatch, as certain majors are more prone to producing graduates who struggle to find positions aligned with their qualifications. Using a representative sample of employed graduates from the Spanish Labor Force Survey, this paper examines the relationship between gender, gender-dominated fields of study, and educational mismatch. Conditional on labor market participation, discrete choice models reveal that studying in a gender-dominated field is associated with lower vertical and horizontal mismatch (i.e., overeducation and field of study mismatch) —a finding supported by several robustness checks. This finding is especially pronounced in horizontal mismatch when gender and field-dominance coincide. Consequently, the higher risk of mismatch in gender-neutral fields may provide a rationale for the continued persistence of gender-segregated educational choices. 000170984 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2020-118355RB-I00$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-23R 000170984 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 000170984 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000170984 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2893-4051$$aMontuenga-Gómez, Víctor M.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000170984 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000170984 773__ $$g67, 26 (2026), [33 pp.]$$pRes. high. educ.$$tRESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION$$x0361-0365 000170984 8564_ $$s1937891$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170984/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000170984 8564_ $$s1375783$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170984/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000170984 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:170984$$particulos$$pdriver 000170984 951__ $$a2026-04-30-13:58:26 000170984 980__ $$aARTICLE