A Major in Science? Initial Beliefs and Final Outcomes for College Major and Dropout
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- Ralph Stinebrickner & Todd R. Stinebrickner, 2014. "A Major in Science? Initial Beliefs and Final Outcomes for College Major and Dropout," Review of Economic Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 81(1), pages 426-472.
- Ralph Stinebrickner & Todd Stinebrickner, 2013. "A Major in Science? Initial Beliefs and Final Outcomes for College Major and Dropout," University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers 20134, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP).
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JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2013-07-05 (All new papers)
- NEP-EDU-2013-07-05 (Education)
- NEP-SOG-2013-07-05 (Sociology of Economics)
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