@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp15945,
            	author={Dahl, Gordon B. and Rooth, Dan-Olof and Stenberg, Anders},
            	title={Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors},
            	year={2023},
	month={Feb},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={15945},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp15945},
	abstract={This paper estimates family spillovers in high school major choice in Sweden, where admission to oversubscribed majors is determined based on GPA. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find large sibling and intergenerational spillovers that depend on the gender mix of a dyad. Same-gender siblings copy one another, while younger brothers recoil from older sister's choices. Fathers and mothers influence sons, but not their daughters, except when a mother majors in the male-dominated program of Engineering. Back of the envelope calculations reveal these within family spillovers have sizable implications for the gender composition of majors.},
	keywords={gender composition of majors;high school majors;sibling spillovers;intergenerational spillovers},
            }