Bertocchi, Graziella; Bonacini, Luca; Joxhe, Majlinda; … - 2025
We estimate the causal effect of exposure to math during high school on university major choice and performance, using … family background. We find that attending a low-math high school reduces the likelihood of enrolling in STEM majors by 32 … points and boosting grades by 0.139 standard deviations. Leveraging a high school reform that expanded the math content in …