This paper investigates how exposure to higher-achieving male and female peers in university affects students’ major … choices and labor market outcomes. For identification of causal effects, we exploit the random assignment of students to …

achievement. We exploit random assignment of students to university sections and find that students perform better in the presence … of more persistent peers and more risk-averse peers. In particular, low-persistence students benefit from highly …-persistent peers without devoting additional efforts to studying. However, highly-persistent students are not affected by the …

university. We exploit data from a setting where students are randomly assigned to teaching sections and find that students with … on students' careers. …

This paper investigates how the peer gender composition in university affects students' major choices and labor market …

This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM college studies … because they (1) are less likely to work in STEM occupations, and (2) have more children. Our findings show that the school …

We study same-sex role model effects of teachers with a meta-analysis and our own study of three million students in 90 …. These results are consistent with role models inspiring students to overcome gender stereotypes and pursue a STEM career …