Gender Differences in Economics Course-Taking and Majoring : Findings from an RCT
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Gender and Development; Labor Markets; Educational Sciences; Economics of Education; Education For All; Education for Development (superceded); Educational Policy and Planning - Textbook; Educational Populations;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2022-11-07 (Experimental Economics)
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