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Gender Differences in Student Dropout in STEM

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  • Isphording, Ingo E.

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  • Qendrai, Pamela

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Forschungsbericht mit Förderung durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Bonn 2019 (15 Seiten)

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  • Isphording, Ingo E. & Qendrai, Pamela, 2019. "Gender Differences in Student Dropout in STEM," IZA Research Reports 87, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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