TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dahl, Gordon B.
AU  - Rooth, Dan-Olof
AU  - Stenberg, Anders
        TI  - Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors
        PY  - 2023/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15945
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp15945
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - gender composition of majors
KW  - high school majors
KW  - sibling spillovers
KW  - intergenerational spillovers
        ER  -