High-Performing Peers and Female STEM Choices in School

The purpose of this paper is to examine how social environment affects women’s STEM choices as early as high school. Using administrative data from China, we find that exposure to high-performing female peers in mathematics increases the likelihood that women choose a science track during high schoo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of labor economics 2020-07, Vol.38 (3), p.805-841
Hauptverfasser:	Mouganie, Pierre, Wang, Yaojing
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Schlagworte:	Females Labor economics Males Mathematics Peers Secondary schools Social environment Women
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