While gender differences in the decision of what to study at undergraduate level are much studied, there is relatively … Ireland to study these choices. We find systematic and substantial differences by gender in choice of graduate field, even … health programmes. When we explore the effect of these choices on early career gender gaps in earnings, we find that they …

how tracking within high school impacts high-achieving students’ short- and longer-term academic outcomes. Our setting is … a large and selective Chinese high school, where first-year students are separated into high-achieving and regular … design, we show that high-achieving classrooms improve math test scores by 0.23 standard deviations, with effects persisting …

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 …

exposure to high-performing female peers in mathematics increases the likelihood that women choose a science track during high … mathematics provide an affirmation effect that encourages female classmates to pursue a STEM track. …

how tracking within high school impacts high-achieving students' short- and longer-term academic outcomes. Our setting is … a large and selective Chinese high school, where first-year students are separated into high-achieving and regular … design, we show that high-achieving classrooms improve math test scores by 23 percent of a standard deviation, with effects …

This paper investigates how the peer gender composition in university affects students' major choices and labor market …

and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …), within school-cohort and teacher-group, was not chosen by the students and it was as good as random. We find that male … students graduating from classes with at least 80% of male peers were more likely to choose "prevalently male" (PM) college …