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The effect of higher-achieving peers on major choices and labor market outcomes,
Jan Feld and Ulf Zölitz, from Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2021)
Keywords: Gender, major choice, peer effects

Modeling College Major Choices Using Elicited Measures of Expectations and Counterfactuals,
V. Joseph Hotz, Peter Arcidiacono and Songman Kang, from Duke University, Department of Economics (2010)
Keywords: Choice of college major, subjective expectations

Modeling College Major Choices Using Elicited Measures of Expectations and Counterfactuals,
Peter Arcidiacono, V. Joseph Hotz and Songman Kang, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010)
Keywords: subjective expectations, choice of college major

The Effect of the Business Cycle on Freshman Major Choice,
Elizabeth Bradley, from University Library of Munich, Germany (2012)
Keywords: College major choice; Business Cycles; Higher Education

Factors affecting major choice of medical students in Azerbaijan,
Azar Abizada and Fizza Mirzaliyeva, in Technium Social Sciences Journal (2023)
Keywords: medical school, major choice, top scorers, Azerbaijan

Choice of majors: are women really different from men?,
Adriana D. Kugler, Catherine H. Tinsley and Olga Ukhaneva, in Economics of Education Review (2021)
Keywords: Education gender gap; Major choice; STEM field;

Exposure to academic fields and college major choice,
Hans Fricke, Jeffrey Grogger and Andreas Steinmayr, in Economics of Education Review (2018)
Keywords: Major choice; Business; Economics; Law; Higher education;

The Effect of Peer Gender on Major Choice in Business School,
Ulf Zölitz and Jan Feld, in Management Science (2021)
Keywords: peer effects, major choice, gender composition

Choice of Majors: Are Women Really Different from Men?,
Adriana Kugler, Catherine Tinsley and Olga Ukhaneva, from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2017)
Keywords: Education gender gap; Major choice; Stem fields

How Does the Price of College Affect Major Choice?,
Emily E. Cook and Ruipu Gao, from Tulane University, Department of Economics (2024)
Keywords: major choice, net tuition, human capital

Choice of Majors: Are Women Really Different from Men?,
Adriana Kugler, Catherine H. Tinsley and Olga Ukhaneva, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017)
Keywords: education gender gap, major choice, STEM field

The Effect of Peer Gender on Major Choice in Business School,
Ulf Zölitz and Jan Feld, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020)
Keywords: major choice, peer effects, gender composition

Gender and major choice within economics: Evidence from Europe,
Ivo Arnold, in International Review of Economics Education (2020)
Keywords: Economics education; Major choice; Undergraduate economics;

Forming wage expectations through learning: Evidence from college major choices,
Xiaoyu Xia, in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2016)
Keywords: Wage expectation; Major choice; Intergenerational transmission;

The effect of superstar firms on college major choice,
Darwin Choi, Dong Lou and Abhiroop Mukherjee, from London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2018)
Keywords: college major choice; human capital; superstars; return skewness

Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on University Enrollment and Major Choices,
Elisa Failache, Noemi Katzkowicz, Cecilia Parada, Martina Querejeta and Tatiana Rosá, from Instituto de Economía - IECON (2024)
Keywords: COVID-19, University enrollment, Major choices, Educational gender gap

The gender gap in college major choice in Chile,
Paola Bordón, Catalina Canals and Alejandra Mizala, in Economics of Education Review (2020)
Keywords: Gender gap; Gender preferences; College major choice; Nested logit;

Gendered university major choice: the role of intergenerational transmission,
Julia Philipp, in Journal of Population Economics (2023)
Keywords: Gender norms, Gender roles, University major choice, Intergenerational transmission

Can Affirmative Action Affect Major Choice?,
Fernanda Estevan, Thomas Gall and Louis-Philippe Morin, from Boston University - Department of Economics (2019)
Keywords: post-secondary education, affirmative action, major choice, social mobility

College-major choice to college-then-major choice: Experimental evidence from Chinese college admissions reforms,
Liping Ma, Xin Li, Qiong Zhu and Xiaoyang Ye, in Economics of Education Review (2023)
Keywords: College major choice; Behavioral economics; Information friction; Randomized experiment;

Majoring in accounting: Effects of gender, difficulty, career opportunities, and the impostor phenomenon on student choice,
Kathryn Enget, Joanna L. Garcia and Mariah Webinger, in Journal of Accounting Education (2020)
Keywords: Accounting education; Major choice; Gender; Impostor phenomenon;

Are College Costs Worth It? How Individual Ability, Major Choice, and Debt Affect Optimal Schooling Decisions,
Douglas Webber, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015)
Keywords: major choice, returns to college, student loans

The lifetime earnings premia of different majors: Correcting for selection based on cognitive, noncognitive, and unobserved factors,
Douglas Webber, in Labour Economics (2014)
Keywords: Return to education; Major choice;

Media Attention and Choice of Major: Evidence from Anti-Doctor Violence in China,
Shiyu Bo, Y. Joy Chen, Yan Song and Sen Zhou, from Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2018)
Keywords: Media attention, College majors, Occupational choice, Health care

Media attention and choice of major: Evidence from anti-doctor violence in China,
Shiyu Bo, Joy Chen, Yan Song and Sen Zhou, in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2020)
Keywords: Media attention; College majors; Occupational choice; Health care;

University Prestige and Choice of Major Field: Evidence from South Korea,
Changhui Kang, from Econometric Society (2004)
Keywords: University Prestige, Major Choice, South Korea, Labor-Market Outcomes

Gender Differences in Major Choice and College Entrance Probabilities in Brazil,
Alejandra Traferri, from Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (2011)
Keywords: Major choice, gender differences, college entrance, test, vestibular, brazilian universities

Factors influencing students' choice of an accounting major in Egypt,
Ahmed Anis and Rasha Hanafi, in International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation (2015)
Keywords: accounting education; accounting profession; student choices; Egypt; degree majors; student perceptions; gender; personal skills; introductory courses.

Gendered university major choice: the role of intergenerational transmission,
Julia Philipp, from London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2023)
Keywords: gender norms; gender roles; university major choice; intergenerational transmission; Intergenerational transmission; Gender roles

Knowledge of earnings risk and major choice: Evidence from an information experiment,
Alexander I. Ruder and Michelle Van Noy, in Economics of Education Review (2017)
Keywords: Demand for schooling; Educational economics; Human capital; School choice; Major choice; Labor income risk;

Timing Is Everything: Evidence from College Major Decisions,
Richard Patterson, Nolan Pope and Aaron Feudo, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019)
Keywords: availability, major choice, higher education

The Impact of an Interest-Major Fit Signal on College Major Certainty,
Joann L. Moore and Ty M. Cruce, in Research in Higher Education (2020)
Keywords: College major choice, Changing majors, Interest-Major Fit, Interest-major congruence, Regression discontinuity

The Financial Crisis and the Choice of College Major,
Sofoklis Goulas and Rigissa Megalokonomou, from University Library of Munich, Germany (2015)
Keywords: crisis, college major, unemployment

On Income Advantage in University Admissions and College Major Choices: Evidence from the University of the Philippines,
Sarah Lynne Daway-Ducanes, Elena Pernia and Vincent Jerald Ramos, from University Library of Munich, Germany (2018)
Keywords: college major choice, admissions inequality, higher education, Philippines

Personal Income Taxation and College Major Choice: A Case Study of the 1986 Tax Reform Act,
Sieuwerd Gaastra, in Public Finance Review (2020)
Keywords: college major choice; personal income taxation; 1986 Tax Reform Act

What happens after enrollment? An analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice,
Peter Arcidiacono, Esteban Aucejo and Ken Spenner, in IZA Journal of Labor Economics (2012)
Keywords: Grade inflation, Affirmative action, Major choice, I2, I20, I23,

O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries,
Adam Altmejd, Andres Barrios-Fernández, Marin Drlje, Joshua Goodman, Michael Hurwitz, Dejan Kovac, Christine Mulhern, Christopher Neilson and Jonathan Smith, from CESifo (2020)
Keywords: sibling effects, college and major choice, peer and social network effects

O brother, where start thou? Sibling spillovers on college and major choice in four countries,
Adam Altmejd, Andres Barrios-Fernández, Marin Drlje, Joshua Goodman, Michael Hurwitz, Dejan Kovac, Christine Mulhern, Christopher Neilson and Jonathan Smith, from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2020)
Keywords: sibling effects, college and major choice, peer and social network effects

O brother, where start thou? Sibling spillovers on college and major choice in four countries,
Adam Altmejd, Andres Barrios-Fernández, Marin Drlje, Joshua Goodman, Michael Hurwitz, Dejan Kovac, Christine Mulhern, Christopher Neilson and Jonathan Smith, from London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2020)
Keywords: sibling effects; college and major choice; peer and social network effects

Major Decision: The Impact of Major Switching on Academic Outcomes in Community Colleges,
Vivian Liu, Soumya Mishra and Elizabeth M. Kopko, in Research in Higher Education (2021)
Keywords: Major switching, Academic outcomes, Community colleges, Major choice

Academic Advising and Maintaining Major: Is There a Relation?,
Maram S. Jaradat and Mohammad B. Mustafa, in Social Sciences (2017)
Keywords: academic advising; undergraduate students; major choice; influence; major change

Heterogeneous Major Preferences for Extrinsic Incentives: The Effects of Wage Information on the Gender Gap in STEM Major Choice,
Yanqing Ding, Wei Li, Xin Li, Yinduo Wu, Jin Yang and Xiaoyang Ye, in Research in Higher Education (2021)
Keywords: College application, Major choice, STEM gender gap, Informational intervention, Preference heterogeneity, Randomized experiment

Culture and the gender gap in choice of major: An analysis using sibling comparisons,
Lina Aldén and Emma Neuman, in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2022)
Keywords: Culture; Gender gap; Choice of major; STEM; Sibling-fixed effects; Second-generation immigrants;

The Effect of High School Rank in English and Math on College Major Choice,
Judith Delaney and Paul Devereux, from School of Economics, University College Dublin (2019)
Keywords: High school rank; STEM; College major choice; Gender gap; Comparative advantage

Student loan debt and the career choices of college graduates with majors in the arts,
Richard J. Paulsen, in Journal of Cultural Economics (2024)
Keywords: Arts, Arts majors, Student loan debt, Career choices, Creative class, National survey of college graduates

The effects of a high school curriculum reform on university enrollment and the choice of college major,
Katja Görlitz and Christina Gravert, from Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics (2015)
Keywords: high school curriculum, university educational decisions, the choice of college major, STEM, reform evaluation

The Effects of a High School Curriculum Reform on University Enrollment and the Choice of College Major,
Katja Görlitz and Christina Gravert, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015)
Keywords: high school curriculum, university educational decisions, reform evaluation, the choice of college major, STEM

The Effect of High School Rank in English and Math on College Major Choice,
Judith Delaney and Paul Devereux, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019)
Keywords: gender gap, college major choice, STEM, high school rank, comparative advantage

Health insurance access and the career choices of college graduates with majors in the arts: evidence from the affordable care act’s dependent coverage expansion,
Richard J. Paulsen and Rajendra Dulal, in Journal of Cultural Economics (2024)
Keywords: Affordable Care Act, Arts, Arts majors, Career choices

Mean and distributional impact of single-sex high schools on students’ cognitive achievement, major choice, and test-taking behavior: Evidence from a random assignment policy in Seoul, Korea,
Hosung Sohn, in Economics of Education Review (2016)
Keywords: Single-sex school; Major choice; Random assignment; Mean and distributional impact;

What Do They Study?: A Survey on Factors Influencing the Selection of Information Systems as a Major,
Joni Matias Rajala, Netta Iivari, Marianne Kinnula, Dorina Rajanen and Tonja Molin-Juustila, from Springer (2023)
Keywords: Student recruitment, ICT, Choice of major, IS enrollment, Creativity

Attribution Bias in Major Decisions: Evidence from the United States Military Academy,
Kareem Haggag, Richard Patterson, Nolan Pope and Aaron Feudo, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019)
Keywords: higher education, major choice, attribution bias

An Analysis of Factors Influencing Chinese University Students’ Major Choice from the Perspective of Gender Differences,
Chang Xu, Futao Xiang, Ruiqi Duan, Cristina Miralles-Cardona, Xinxin Huo and Junwei Xu, in Sustainability (2023)
Keywords: broad discipline enrollment system; major choices; undergraduate; gender differences; finance and economics students; China

Do Differential Grading Standards Across Fields Matter for Major Choice? Evidence from a Policy Change in Florida,
Veronica Minaya, in Research in Higher Education (2020)
Keywords: Higher education policy, STEM, Grading policy, Grading scale, Plus/minus grading, Major choice, Persistence, College completion

O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries,
Adam Altmejd, Andrés Barrios-Fernández, Marin Drlje, Joshua Goodman and Michael Hurwitz, from Princeton University. Economics Department. (2020)
Keywords: Sibling Effects, College and Major Choice, Peer and Social Network Effects, United States, Chile, Sweden, Croatia

O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries,
Christopher Neilson and Dejan Kovac, from Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (2020)
Keywords: United States,Chile, Sweden, Croatia, Sibling Effects, College and Major Choice, Peer and Social Network Effects

Assortative preferences in choice of major,
Yigit Aydede, in IZA Journal of Labor Economics (2020)
Keywords: field-of-study homogamy, choice of field of study, occupational relatedness

First impressions in the classroom: How do class characteristics affect student grades and majors?,
Amanda L. Griffith and Joyce B. Main, in Economics of Education Review (2019)
Keywords: STEM persistence; Major choice; Peer effects;

SHARP BOUNDS AND TESTABILITY OF A ROY MODEL OF STEM MAJOR CHOICES,
Ismael Mourifie, Marc Henry and Romuald Méango, from University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2018)
Keywords: Roy model, sectorial choice, partial identification, stochastic monotonicity, intersection bounds, functional sharp bounds, inequality, optimal transport, returns to education, college major, gender profiling, STEM, SMIV.

Sharp Bounds and Testability of a Roy Model of STEM Major Choices,
Ismael Mourifié, Marc Henry and Romuald Méango, from Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2018)
Keywords: Roy model, sectorial choice, partial identification, stochastic monotonicity, intersection bounds, functional sharp bounds, Inequality, optimal transport, returns to education, college major, gender profiling, STEM, SMIV

Differences in College Major Choice by Citizenship Status,
Milagros Nores, in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2010)
Keywords: college majors; citizenship; Texas; higher education; immigrants

Information, Perceived Returns and College Major Choices,
Nikoloz Kudashvili and Gega Todua, from The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague (2022)
Keywords: college major; perceived unemployment; perceived earnings; information;

Rich Grad, Poor Grad: Family Background and College Major Choice,
Margaret Leighton and Jamin D. Speer, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023)
Keywords: college major, family background

Adams and Eves: The Gender Gap in Economics Majors,
Graziella Bertocchi, Luca Bonacini and Marina Murat, from Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2021)
Keywords: Education Gender Gap, Economics, Higher Education, Business Economics, Major Choice, Major Switching, Mathematics, Stereotypes

Adams and Eves:The Gender Gap in Economics Major,
Graziella Bertocchi, Luca Bonacini and Marina Murat, from Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) - CCA (2021)
Keywords: Education Gender Gap, Economics, Higher Education, Business Economics, Major Choice, Major Switching, Mathematics, Stereotypes

Adams and Eves: The Gender Gap in Economics Majors,
Graziella Bertocchi, Luca Bonacini and Marina Murat, from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
Keywords: Education gender gap; Economics; Higher education; Business economics; Major choice; Major switching; Mathematics; Stereotypes

Adams and Eves: The Gender Gap in Economics Majors,
Graziella Bertocchi, Luca Bonacini and Marina Murat, from Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi" (2021)
Keywords: Education Gender Gap, Economics, Higher Education, Business Economics, Major Choice, Major Switching, Mathematics, Stereotypes

Adams and Eves: The Gender Gap in Economics Majors,
Graziella Bertocchi, Luca Bonacini and Marina Murat, from University of Modena and Reggio E., Dept. of Economics "Marco Biagi" (2021)
Keywords: Education Gender Gap, Economics, Higher Education, Business Economics, Major Choice, Major Switching, Mathematics, Stereotypes

Adams and Eves: The Gender Gap in Economics Majors,
Graziella Bertocchi, Luca Bonacini and Marina Murat, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021)
Keywords: major choice, business economics, higher education, economics, education gender gap, major switching, mathematics, stereotypes

College major peer effects and attrition from the sciences,
Marc Luppino and Richard Sander, in IZA Journal of Labor Economics (2015)
Keywords: I21, J24, College major choice, Mismatch, Peer Effects,

Walking in your footsteps: Sibling spillovers in higher education choices,
Josefa Aguirre and Juan Matta, in Economics of Education Review (2021)
Keywords: Social interactions; Siblings; College choice; Major choice; Chile;

Economics: Good Choice of Major for Future Ceos,
Patricia M. Flynn and Michael A. Quinn, in The American Economist (2010)
Keywords: undergraduate major; CEO; economics degrees; gender mix of students JEL: A2

Race and Gender Differences in College Major Choice,
Lisa Dickson, in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2010)
Keywords: higher education; college majors; gender differences; minority students

Understanding Students' Choice of Academic Majors: A Longitudinal Analysis,
Lin Mei Tan and Fawzi Laswad, in Accounting Education (2009)
Keywords: Accounting major, accounting education, accounting career, theory of planned behaviour,

Foreign Peer Effects and STEM Major Choice,
Massimo Anelli, Kevin Shih and Kevin Williams, from CESifo (2017)
Keywords: immigration, peer effects, higher education, college major, STEM

Foreign Peer Effects and STEM Major Choice,
Massimo Anelli, Kevin Shih and Kevin Williams, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017)
Keywords: immigration, peer effects, higher education, college major, STEM

Attribution bias in major decisions: Evidence from the United States Military Academy,
Kareem Haggag, Richard W. Patterson, Nolan Pope and Aaron Feudo, in Journal of Public Economics (2021)
Keywords: Attribution bias; Misattribution; College major choice; I23; D90; D91;

Applied Signaling: Graduate School Admissions and Frequency of STEM Majors,
Ronald Harstad and Jordan Pandolfo, from Department of Economics, University of Missouri (2013)
Keywords: graduate admissions, signaling games, inferring ability, STEM major choice

Medicare+Choice Withdrawals: Experiences in Major Metropolitan Areas,
Marsha Gold and John McCoy, from Mathematica Policy Research
Keywords: Medicare+Choice Withdrawals , Beneficiaries

Do Students Prioritize Majors or Specific Colleges? Analyzing the Factors That Influence Preferences in China,
Congbin Guo, Mengchao Guo and Xiaowei Hao, in Sustainability (2021)
Keywords: family background; choice of major; college preference; China; college entrance exam

Does Exposure to Economics Bring New Majors to the Field? Evidence from a Natural Experiment,
Hans Fricke, Jeffrey Grogger and Andreas Steinmayr, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015)
Keywords: higher education, law, economics, major choice, gender differences

Computer Science for All? The Impact of High School Computer Science Courses on College Majors and Earnings,
Jing Liu, Cameron Conrad and David Blazar, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2024)
Keywords: computer science, STEM, high school curricula, college major choice, earnings

Freshmen teachers and college major choice: Evidence from a random assignment in Chile,
Mohit Karnani, from University Library of Munich, Germany (2016)
Keywords: Freshmen, Teachers, College Major, Random Assignment

Determinants of college major choice: identification using an information experiment,
Matthew Wiswall and Basit Zafar, from Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2011)
Keywords: college majors; information; subjective expectations; uncertainty

Selective Migration, Occupational Choice, and the Wage Returns to College Majors,
Tyler Ransom, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020)
Keywords: occupation, migration, college major, Roy model

CHOICE AND EXPECTATIONS FOR REALIZATION OF THE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE “TOURISM” MAJOR,
Akulina Stefanova, in Economics and Management (2008)
Keywords: choice, expectations, higher education in tourism

Investment over the Business Cycle: Insights from College Major Choice,
Erica Blom, Brian Cadena and Benjamin Keys, from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015)
Keywords: gender differences, STEM majors, human capital investment, business cycle, college major

Factors Influencing Students' Choice of Accounting as a Major: The Case of Botswana Accounting Students,
Lillian B Wally-DIMA, in Asian Journal of Empirical Research (2013)
Keywords: Accounting profession, Accounting students, Botswana, factors, financial rewards, Accounting major

Industry Fluctuations and College Major Choices: Evidence from an Energy Boom and Bust,
Luyi Han and John Winters, in Economics of Education Review (2020)
Keywords: College major; Human capital; Higher education; Energy boom; Energy bust;

Grades as signals of comparative advantage: How letter grades affect major choices,
Hongyan Li and Xing Xia, in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2024)
Keywords: College major; Human capital; Regression discontinuity; Learning about comparative advantage;