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Preferences and biases in educational choices and labour market expectations : shrinking the black box of gender

Reuben, Ernesto; Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 127 (2017) 604, pp. 2153-2186

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Determinants of college major choice : identification using an information experiment

Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2011

, we provide students with information on the true population distribution of these characteristics, and observe how this …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009160750

Preferences and biases in educational choices and labor market expectations : shrinking the black box of gender

Reuben, Ernesto; Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2013

labor market trajectories. Using an experiment to derive students’ levels of overconfidence, and preferences for …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787489

Preferences and biases in educational choices and labor market expectations : shrinking the black box of gender

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labor market trajectories. Using an experiment to derive students' levels of overconfidence, and preferences for …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792974

Determinants of college major choice : identification using an information experiment

Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - In: The review of economic studies 82 (2015) 2, pp. 791-824

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Determinants of College Major Choice : Identification Using an Information Experiment

Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2012

these baseline beliefs, we provide students with information on the true population distribution of these characteristics …

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Determinants of College Major Choice : Identification Using an Information Experiment

Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - 2013

, obtained by providing students with information on the true population distribution of various major-specific characteristics …. Students logically revise their beliefs in response to the information, and their subjective beliefs about future major choice …

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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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Determinants of College Major Choice : Identification Using an Information Experiment

Wiswall, Matthew - 2011

, we provide students with information on the true population distribution of these characteristics, and observe how this …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122806

The role of heterogeneous risk preferences, discount rates, and earnings expectations in college major choice

Patnaik, Arpita; Venator, Joanna; Wiswall, Matthew; … - In: Journal of econometrics 231 (2022) 1, pp. 98-122

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