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Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors
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- Rooth, Dan-Olof, 1967- (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutet för social forskning (SOFI)
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- Stenberg, Anders, 1966- (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutet för social forskning (SOFI)
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- Dahl, Gordon B. (författare)
- University of California, San Diego
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- 2023
- Engelska.
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Abstract
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- This paper estimates family spillovers in high school major choice in Sweden, where admission to oversubscribed majors is determined based on GPA. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find large sibling and intergenerational spillovers that depend on the gender mix of a dyad. Same-gender siblings copy one another, while younger brothers recoil from older sister's choices. Fathers and mothers influence sons, but not their daughters, except when a mother majors in the male-dominated program of Engineering. Back of the envelope calculations reveal these within family spillovers have sizable implications for the gender composition of majors.
Nyckelord
- intergenerational spillovers
- sibling spillovers
- high school majors
- gender composition of majors
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- vet (ämneskategori)
- rap (ämneskategori)