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. …

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 …

This paper explores how non-college occupations contributed to the gender gap in college enrollment, where women …

socio-economic gap and the gender gap in intentions to continue in full-time education. …

socio-economic gap and the gender gap in intentions to continue in full-time education. …