In this paper we analyze whether the gender composition of classmates in high school affects the choice of college …-major by shifting it towards those majors preferred by the prevalent gender in the class. We use a novel dataset of 30 … exploit the fact that the gender composition of the graduating high school class, from one year to the next, within School …

and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …

, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the …

We use idiosyncratic variation in gender composition across cohorts within Norwegian lower-secondary schools to analyze …

We use idiosyncratic variation in gender composition across cohorts within Norwegian lower-secondary schools to analyze … mechanism is related to gender norms …