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College Majors
Patnaik, Arpita; Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2022
This article reviews the recent literature on the determinants of college major choices. We first highlight long-term trends and persistent differences in college major choices by gender, race, and family background. We then review the existing research in six key areas: expected earnings and...
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The Effects of Computers on Children's Social Development and School Participation : Evidence from a Randomized Control Experiment
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2016
Concerns over the perceived negative impacts of computers on social development among children are prevalent but … control experiment in which more than one thousand children attending grades 6-10 across 15 different schools and 5 school … districts in California were randomly given computers to use at home. Children in the treatment group are more likely to report …
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