favoritism nor discrimination by gender, findings that are robust to a wide variety of potential concerns. We observe … heterogeneity in both discrimination and favoritism by nationality and by gender in the distributions of graders' preferences. We … discrimination. -- favoritism ; discrimination ; field experiment ; wage differentials ; economics of education …

counterparts. These gender differences can be traced back to university, where women shy away from majors like finance that lead to … high earnings. In this paper, we investigate how the gender composition of peers in business school affects women's and men … show that studying with more female peers in business school increases gender segregation in educational choice and affects …

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

find substantial cross-country variation for job preferences, with larger effects in countries with larger gender gaps …. These results are consistent with role models inspiring students to overcome gender stereotypes and pursue a STEM career …. However, in countries with negligible gender gaps, role models do not seem to have this equalizing function. …