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100			_aPorter, Catherine and Serra, Danila _925241
245			_aGender differences in the choice of major: The importance of female role models
260			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
300			_a12(3), Jul, 2020: p.226-254
520			_aWe 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
650			_aGender 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 _925242
773			_aAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
906			_aBUSINESS WOMEN
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