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38 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18001
Can Better Information Reduce College Gender Gaps? The Impact of Relative Grade Signals on Academic Outcomes for Students in Introductory Economics
Francisca M. Antman, Evelyn Skoy, Nicholas E. Flores
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17947
Intended College Major Choice and the Inheritance of Majors
Giorgio Brunello, Francesco Campo, Elisabetta Lodigiani, Martina Miotto, Lorenzo Rocco
published in: Economics Letters, 2025, 255, 112558
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17938
The Effects of Exposure to a Large-Scale Recession on Higher Education and Early Labor Market Outcomes
Eleanor J. Choi, Jisoo Hwang, Hyelim Son
forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17408
Incorporating Changes in Race, Gender, and Academic Field at Colleges and Universities - A Comment on 'The Ebbing Tide: How Will Higher Education Adapt to Demographic Change?'
Francisca M. Antman
forthcoming in: John Y. Campbell and Kaye Husbands Fealing (eds.), Financing Institutions of Higher Education, University of Chicago Press for NBER.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16983
Do Grow-Your-Own Programs Work? Evidence from the Teacher Academy of Maryland
David Blazar, Wenjing Gao, Seth Gershenson, Ramon Goings, Francisco Lagos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16758
Computer Science for All? The Impact of High School Computer Science Courses on College Majors and Earnings
Jing Liu, Cameron Conrad, David Blazar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16405
Skills, Majors, and Jobs: Does Higher Education Respond?
Johnathan G. Conzelmann, Steven W. Hemelt, Brad J. Hershbein, Shawn Martin, Andrew Simon, Kevin Stange
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16161
Stephen versus Stephanie? Does Gender Matter for Peer-to-Peer Career Advice
Grace Lordan, Warn N. Lekfuangfu
forthcoming in: Journal of Human Capital
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16099
Rich Grad, Poor Grad: Family Background and College Major Choice
Margaret Leighton, Jamin D. Speer
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
published in: Education Economics, 2023, 31(5), 617-631
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
published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85, 1-17
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14676
Bye Bye Ms. American Sci: Women and the Leaky STEM Pipeline
Jamin D. Speer
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 93, 102371
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14418
A Simple Nudge Increases Socioeconomic Diversity in Undergraduate Economics
Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62 (1), 287 - 307
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 M. 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 M. 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, Andrew 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
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