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29 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15101
Do Teachers' College Majors Affect Students' Academic Achievement in the Sciences? A Cross-Subfields Analysis with Student-Teacher Fixed Effects
Atsushi Inoue, Ryuichi Tanaka
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14964
College Majors and Skills: Evidence from the Universe of Online Job Ads
Steven W. Hemelt, Brad J. Hershbein, Shawn Martin, Kevin Stange
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14676
Bye Bye Ms. American Sci: Women and the Leaky STEM Pipeline
Jamin D. Speer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14418
A Simple Nudge Increases Socioeconomic Diversity in Undergraduate Economics
Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13489
Promoting Female Interest in Economics: Limits to Nudges
Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder
published in: American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 123-127
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13370
Selective Migration, Occupational Choice, and the Wage Returns to College Majors
Tyler Ransom
published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 142, 45-110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13251
Choosing Differently? College Application Behavior and the Persistence of Educational Advantage
Judith Delaney, Paul J. Devereux
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 77, 101998
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12846
The Effect of High School Rank in English and Math on College Major Choice
Judith Delaney, Paul J. Devereux
published as "High School Rank in Math and English and the Gender Gap in STEM" in: Labour Economics, 2021, 69, 101969
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12614
Industry Fluctuations and College Major Choices: Evidence from an Energy Boom and Bust
Luyi Han, John V. Winters
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 77, 101996
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11968
Why is Math Cheaper than English? Understanding Cost Differences in Higher Education
Steven W. Hemelt, Kevin Stange, Fernando Furquim, Andew Simon, John E. Sawyer
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39(2), 397-435
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11321
Perceived Wages and the Gender Gap in STEM Fields
Aderonke Osikominu, Gregor Pfeifer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10996
Up in STEM, Down in Business: Changing College Major Decisions with the Great Recession
Shimeng Liu, Weizeng Sun, John V. Winters
published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2019, 37(3), 476-491
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10743
Foreign Peer Effects and STEM Major Choice
Massimo Anelli, Kevin Y. Shih, Kevin Williams
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10688
Self-Employment Differentials among Foreign-Born STEM and Non-STEM Workers
Zhengyu Cai, John V. Winters
published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2017, 32 (4), 371-384
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10610
Efficient Supply of Human Capital: Role of College Major
Sungjin Cho, Jihye Kam, Soohyung Lee
forthcoming in: Singapore Economic Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10598
Local Labor Markets and Human Capital Investments
Russell Weinstein
forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10193
The Changing Occupational Distribution by College Major
Michael R. Ransom, Aaron Phipps
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2017, 45, 129-171
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10052
Like Father, Like Daughter (Unless There Is a Son): Sibling Sex Composition and Women's STEM Major Choice in College
Umut Oguzoglu, Serkan Ozbeklik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9920
Do Foreigners Crowd Natives out of STEM Degrees and Occupations? Evidence from the U.S. Immigration Act of 1990
Tyler Ransom, John V. Winters
published in: ILR Review, 2021, 74 (2), 321–351
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9512
Do Earnings by College Major Affect Graduate Migration?
John V. Winters
published in: Annals of Regional Science, 2017, 59 (3), 629-649
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