Dahl, Gordon B.; Rooth, Dan-Olof; Stenberg, Anders - 2020
This paper studies whether specialized academic fields of study in secondary school, which are common in many countries … of study, but also an accounting of individuals' next-best alternatives. Our setting is Sweden, where at the end of ninth …-best choice, together with nationwide register data for school cohorts from 1977-1991 linked to their earnings as adults. Our …