Görlitz, Katja; Gravert, Christina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students' probability to enroll at university … and to choose Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) as college major. The reform that was introduced in …-in-differences model. The results show that the reform increased university enrollment rates for both gender. With regard to choosing STEM …