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This paper studies how individuals believe human capital investments will affect their future career and family life. We conducted a survey of high-ability currently enrolled college students and elicited beliefs about how their choice of college major, and whether to complete their degree at...
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college attendance by household income or parents' education persist but decline by 20-30 percent. Notably, the effect of …
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information intervention, gaps in intended college attendance by household income or parents' education persist but decline by 20 …
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intervention, gaps in college attendance by household income or parents' education persist but decline by 30 to 50 percent. …
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gender gap: differences in innate abilities and differences in preferences. This paper addresses the question of how college … majors are chosen, focusing on the underlying gender gap. Since observed choices may be consistent with many combinations of … outcomes realized at the workplace explain a substantial part of the choice for males. I decompose the gender gap into …
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Standard observed characteristics explain only part of the differences between men and women in education choices and … competitiveness and risk, this paper investigates whether these behavioral biases and preferences explain gender differences in … who are overconfident and overly competitive have significantly higher earnings expectations. Moreover, gender differences …
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Standard observed characteristics explain only part of the differences between men and women in education choices and … competitiveness and risk, this paper investigates whether these behavioral biases and preferences explain gender differences in … who are overconfident and overly competitive have significantly higher earnings expectations. Moreover, gender differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792974