within a school. We find that greater exposure to "high-achieving" boys, as proxied by their parents' education, decreases … effect of "high-achievers" on male outcomes is markedly different: boys are unaffected by "high-achievers" of either gender. …-run educational outcomes of their peers. Using data from a recent cohort of students in the United States, we identify a causal effect …

Using detailed data from a unique survey of high school graduates in Germany, we document a gender gap in expected full … especially true for higher expected career paths. Resulting expected returns to education are associated with college enrollment …

. This article investigates whether students' responsiveness to information on income returns relates to gender differences … in major choices, which might contribute to the persistent gender wage gap. We use field-experimental panel data on … differently to this information. As potential mechanisms behind a gender-specific treatment effect, we analyze the role of gender …

This paper studies gender differences in educational attainment and labor market compensation. Across a group of OECD … countries, college attainment rates and college premia are higher for women than men, despite a gender wage gap in favour of … college educated men. The gap in the college premium is positively correlated with the gender difference in college attainment …

students perform no better at single-sex schools. Girls at single-sex schools take fewer sciences courses and more …