Gender differences in the choice of major: The importance of female role models
By: Porter, Catherine and Serra, Danila
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BookPublisher: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Description: 12(3), Jul, 2020: p.226-254.Subject(s): Gender studies, Gender groups, Women in development, Women at executive management level, Female executives, Women careers, Career paths of women in management, Women and leadership, Female role model
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American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsSummary: We conducted a field experiment aimed at increasing the percentage of women majoring in economics. We exposed students enrolled in introductory classes to successful and charismatic women who majored in economics at the same university. The intervention significantly impacted female students' enrollment in further economics classes, increasing their likelihood to major in economics by 8 percentage points. This is a large effect, given that only 9 percent of women were majoring in economics at baseline. Since the impacted women were previously planning to major in lower-earning fields, our low-cost intervention may have a positive effect on their future incomes. – Reproduced
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We conducted a field experiment aimed at increasing the percentage of women majoring in economics. We exposed students enrolled in introductory classes to successful and charismatic women who majored in economics at the same university. The intervention significantly impacted female students' enrollment in further economics classes, increasing their likelihood to major in economics by 8 percentage points. This is a large effect, given that only 9 percent of women were majoring in economics at baseline. Since the impacted women were previously planning to major in lower-earning fields, our low-cost intervention may have a positive effect on their future incomes. – Reproduced
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