This article reviews the recent literature on the determinants of college major choices. We
first highlight long-term trends and persistent differences in college major choices by gender …

This paper examines how the pandemic impacted the enrollment patterns, fields of study,
and academic outcomes of students in the California Community College System, the …

Gender differences in math performance are now small in developed countries and they
cannot explain on their own the strong underrepresentation of women in math-related fields …

Prior research finds that low‐income students are less likely to apply to and enroll in four‐
year colleges or more selective colleges, even after controlling for academic preparation …

Financial statement fraud generates many negative effects, including reducing people's
willingness to participate in the stock market. If it also stigmatizes accounting, it may similarly …

This paper investigates how migration and location choice decisions depend on a large set
of location characteristics, with particular focus on measuring the importance and nature of …

Financial literacy has become a significant challenge in society especially among the young
generation. Financial literacy is about distinct knowledge, behavior and normative influence …

Using a representative sample of 1,962 parents in England, we study how parents perceive
the returns to parental time investments, material investments, and school quality. Parents …

How does personal exposure to economic conditions affect individual human capital
investment choices? Focusing on bachelor's degree recipients, we find that cohorts exposed …

To understand the socio-economic enrollment gap in university attendance, we elicit
students' beliefs about the benefits of university education in a sample of 2,540 secondary …