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 …

In this study, we analyze whether the gender of a student’s siblings affects the choice of college major. A family with …,000 Italian students who graduated from high school between 1985 and 2005 that allows us to identify siblings. We follow their …

This study examined the socioeconomic status (SES) of the participants' parents, family structure, family size and the … and female students who enrolled in the summer time of the Academic Year 2013 – 2014 are the participants of this … nuclear family structure. The few of the participants are living with extended family and few also are raised by single parent …