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larger for female students and students with better-educated fathers. We also find that the human capital and experiences …
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Women have historically been underrepresented in STEM majors and occupations, a gap that has persisted over time. There are concerns that this is related to academic choices made at an earlier age. The purpose of this paper is to examine how social environment affects women's STEM choices as...
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academic performance of high-ability students. More importantly, we provide novel evidence that negative peer effects …
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robust evidence that Chinese students make disproportionate contributions to the scientific output of their advisors and … departments. We attribute this result to a selection effect as it is relatively more difficult for Chinese students to gain …
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In this paper, I study the peer effects in corruption, or more specifically, how sharing hometown or college ties with other officials who have been investigated for corruption affects an official's likelihood of being investigated for corruption himself. In specifications including fixed...
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