We use the American Community Survey (ACS) to investigate the extent to which college major decisions were affected during and after the Great Recession with special attention to business and STEM fields, as well as the heterogeneity by gender, race/ethnicity and combinations of race/ethnicity...

We use the American Community Survey (ACS) to investigate the extent to which college major decisions were affected during and after the Great Recession with special attention to business and STEM fields, as well as the heterogeneity by gender, race/ethnicity and combinations of race/ethnicity...

Homeownership and a college education have long been considered part of the American Dream. In order to achieve homeownership, many Americans took out risky loans and sub-prime mortgages in the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, when housing prices plummeted, many homeowners were forced into...