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How do young people choose college majors? Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Montmarquette, Claude
Cannings, Kathy
Mahseredjian, Sophie
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Volume (Year): 21 (2002)
Issue (Month): 6 (December)
Pages: 543-556
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Paper MONTMARQUETTE, Claude & CANNINGS, Kathy & MAHSEREDJIAN, Sophie, 1997.
"How do Young People Choose College Majors? ,"
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9719, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques.
[Downloadable!] Kathy Cannings & Sophie Mahseredjian & Claude Montmarquette, 1997.
"How Do Young People Choose College Majors ? ,"
CIRANO Working Papers
97s-38, CIRANO.
[Downloadable!] Montmarquette, C. & Cannings, C. & Mahseredjian,S., 1997.
"How do Young People Choose College Majors? ,"
Cahiers de recherche
9719, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ.
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Cannings, K. & Montmarquette, C. & Mahseredjian, S., 1994.
"Major Choice: Undergraduate Concentrations and the Probability of Graduation ,"
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