In this study, we analyze whether the gender of a student’s siblings affects the choice of college major. A family with … same-gender siblings may encourage academic choices that are less gender stereotyped. We use a unique dataset covering 30 …,000 Italian students who graduated from high school between 1985 and 2005 that allows us to identify siblings. We follow their …

and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …), within school-cohort and teacher-group, was not chosen by the students and it was as good as random. We find that male … students graduating from classes with at least 80% of male peers were more likely to choose "prevalently male" (PM) college …

In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major …. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less … gender stereotyped. We use the last name and the exact family address contained in a unique dataset covering 30,000 Italian …

, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … high school classmates (peers), after controlling for school and teachers fixed effects. We find that male students …

, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … high school classmates (peers), after controlling for school and teachers fixed effects. We find that male students …

US universities have attracted hundreds of thousands of international students each year for the last decade. Some of … quasi-random variation in the tuition charged to international students by public US universities in the year that they … local labor supply by about 0.23 employees for master's students and about 0.11 for bachelor's students. These averages …

and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …), within school-cohort and teacher-group, was not chosen by the students and it was as good as random.We find that male … students graduating from classes with at least 80% of male peers were more likely to choose "prevalently male" (PM) college …