I use the 1993 and 2003 National Surveys of College Graduates to examine the higher exit rate of women compared to men … women dissatisfied with pay and promotion opportunities. I find that family-related constraints and dissatisfaction with … other fields once women's relatively high exit rates from male fields generally are taken into account. -- science and …

Recent work suggests that women are more responsive to negative feedback than men in certain environments. We examine … 2009-2016 to test whether women are more sensitive to grades than men, and whether the gender composition of major …-related classes affects major changes. We also control for other factors that may affect a student’s final major including: high …

Sexual violence has long been a problem on college campuses, yet federal policies to protect students have largely been … examine the implications of these investigations on college enrollment, particularly for women. We combine institution …-level panel data on enrollment by age and gender, with information on Title IX investigations to study changes in women's college …

This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM at college. Using … larger proportion of female peers reduces women's probability of enrolling in and graduating from STEM programs. Men's STEM … participation increases with more female peers present. In the long run, women exposed to more female peers are less likely to work …

Although women earn approximately 50% of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) bachelor's degrees, more than … data on the career trajectories of United States Air Force Academy students. Specifically, we examine the effects of being … students, being assigned a female professor leads to substantial increases in the probability of working in a STEM occupation …

promote healthier sleep habits. Toward this end, we conducted a field experiment with college students, providing them …

In this paper we study the link between women's responsibility for children and their preferences. We use a large … survey data. We find more patient choices among women who have a higher number of children. The age of children matters: The … preferences of spouses diverge, and support the view that empowering women in developing countries should lead to more future …

University students have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We present results from the first wave of … expectations regarding three fundamental aspects of students' lives in the pandemic: the labor market, education, and health. We … document the differential responses of students as a function of their country of residence, parental income, gender, and for …

and students' cognitive and socio-emotional development. The German panel evidence shows that children's learning time … decreased severely during the first school closures, particularly for low-achieving students, and increased only slightly one … activities. The review shows substantial losses in cognitive skills on achievement tests, particularly for students from …