Research consistently reports pronounced earnings differences between men and women, even among the highly educated. This article investigates whether students’ responsiveness to information on income returns relates to gender differences in major choices, which might contribute to the...

This article examines under which conditions high school students’ college aspirations (unconstrained wishes) translate into (constrained) college intentions. Drawing on the Wisconsin model of status attainment and sociological rational choice theory, it is argued that—while educational...

Fields of study are segregated along the lines of social class and gender. The most prestigious and selective professional fields, such as medicine or law, are persistently dominated by socially privileged students but have undergone a pronounced feminization in recent decades. We first...