Tahun Terbit

2010

Deskripsi Fisik

x, 90p.: ill.; 27cm

In this study, we analyze whether the gender of a student�s siblings affects the choice of college major. A family with same-gender siblings may encourage academic choices that are less gender stereotyped. We use a unique dataset covering 30,000 Italian students who graduated from high school between 1985 and 2005 that allows us to identify siblings. We follow their academic careers from h…