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Closing or reproducing the gender gap? : parental transmission, social norms and education choice
Humlum, Maria Knoth; Nandrup, Anne Brink; Smith, Nina - 2017
education. Although to some extent picking up inherited and acquired skills, our results suggest that if parents exhibit gender … stereotypical labour market behaviour, children of the same sex are more likely to choose a gender stereotypical education. The …
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Timing of college enrollment and family formation decisions
Humlum, Maria Knoth; Kristoffersen, Jannie H. G.; … - 2014
The level of progression of an individual's educational or labor market career is a potentially important factor for family formation decisions. We address this issue by considering the effects of a particular college admission system on family formation. We show that the admission system...
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