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Gender differences in the choice of major: The importance of female role models

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  1. Bhargava, Palaash & Chen, Daniel L. & Sutter, Matthias & Terrier, Camille, 2022. "Homophily and Transmission of Behavioral Traits in Social Networks," IZA Discussion Papers 15840, IZA Network @ LISER.
  2. Goulas, Sofoklis & Gunawardena, Bhagya N. & Megalokonomou, Rigissa & Zenou, Yves, 2024. "Gender Role Models in Education," IZA Discussion Papers 17271, IZA Network @ LISER.
  3. Manuel Bagues & Natalia Zinovyeva, 2025. "Gender Segregation in Childhood Friendships and the Gender-Equality Paradox," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series 2538, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin).
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  5. Mang, Clarissa & Castro, Silvia, 2023. "Breaking the Silence," VfS Annual Conference 2023 (Regensburg): Growth and the "sociale Frage" 277639, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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  8. Rebecca Cassells & Leonora Risse & Danielle Wood & Duygu Yengin, 2023. "Lifting Diversity and Inclusion in Economics: How the Australian Women in Economics Network Put the Evidence into Action," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 42(1), pages 1-29, March.
  9. Kessel, Dany & Mollerstrom, Johanna & van Veldhuizen, Roel, 2021. "Can simple advice eliminate the gender gap in willingness to compete?," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 138, pages 1-1.
  10. Larry Chavis & Laurel Wheeler, 2025. "Applying Indigenous Approaches to Economics Instruction," Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Springer, vol. 8(1), pages 57-73, March.
  11. Josep Amer-Mestre and Agnès Charpin, 2022. "Gender Differences in Early Occupational Choices: Evidence from Medical Specialty Selection," Economics Working Papers EUI ECO 2022/01, European University Institute.
  12. Laura Pagani & Giovanni Pica, 2021. "A Peer Like Me? Early Exposure to High Achievers in Math and Later Educational Outcomes," Development Working Papers 476, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano.
  13. Sofie Cairo & Ria Ivandic & Anne Sophie Lassen & Valentina Tartari, 2026. "Parenthood and the career ladder: evidence from academia," CEP Discussion Papers dp2160, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
  14. Ritika Gupta, 2026. "Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Affirmative Action in Local Elite Colleges and Subject Choice," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 93(1), pages 457-473, July.
  15. Lena Janys, 2021. "Testing the Presence of Implicit Hiring Quotas with Application to German Universities," Papers 2109.14343, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2021.
  16. Kelly, Elaine & Stockton, Isabel, 2026. "A senior doctor like me: Gender match and occupational choice," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
  17. Veronica Minaya, 2020. "Do Differential Grading Standards Across Fields Matter for Major Choice? Evidence from a Policy Change in Florida," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 61(8), pages 943-965, December.
  18. Biermann, Marcus, 2025. "Bridging barriers: How COVID-19 changed racial diversity in economics seminars," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 252(C).
  19. Maurer, Stephan Ernst & Schwerdt, Guido & Wiederhold, Simon, 2023. "Do role models matter in large classes? New evidence on gender match effects in higher education," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 121336, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  20. Altindag, Duha T. & Cole, Samuel & Filiz, Elif S., 2025. "An older college professor like me," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 244(C).
  21. Ian Fillmore & Hsuan-Hua Huang & Hao-Chung Li & Hsien-Ming Lien, 2024. "Unpacking the STEM Gender Gap: Evidence From Taiwan," Working Papers 2024-013, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
  22. Milan Miric & Pai-Ling Yin & Daniel C. Fehder, 2023. "Population-Level Evidence of the Gender Gap in Technology Entrepreneurship," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 8(1), pages 62-84, March.
  23. Rigissa Megalokonomou† Michael Vlassopoulos‡ Yves Zenou§, 2025. "Recognizing Talent: Evidence from Exposure to Math Award Winners∗," Monash Economics Working Papers 2026-21, Monash University, Department of Economics.
  24. Ryotaro Hayashi & Hyuncheol Bryant Kim & Norihiko Matsuda & Trinh Pham, 2026. "Mentoring, educational preferences, and career choice: Evidence from two field experiments in Bhutan," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 45(3), June.
  25. Agurto, Marcos & Boisvert, Sandra & Hari, Siddharth & Quevedo, Valeria & Sarangi, Sudipta & Vegas, Susana, 2025. "Signals of aptitude and female STEM career choices," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
  26. Sarah Cattan & Kjell Salvanes & Emma Tominey, 2022. "First Generation Elite: The Role of School Networks," Working Papers 2022-028, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
  27. Biermann, Marcus, 2025. "Bridging barriers: how COVID-19 changed racial diversity in economics seminars," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 128118, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  28. Shen, Kailing, 2021. "Gender Discrimination," IZA Discussion Papers 14897, IZA Network @ LISER.
  29. Didia, Lydia N. & Flasher, Renee, 2021. "Beyond the top seven firms: Gender diversity of audit firm partners and their undergraduate accounting faculty," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 56(C).
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  32. Karol Mazur, 2021. "A note on pessimism in education and its economic consequences," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 19(4), pages 773-783, December.
  33. Halim,Daniel Zefanya & Powers,Elizabeth T. & Thornton,Rebecca Lynn, 2021. "Gender Differences in Economics Course-Taking and Majoring : Findings from an RCT," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9732, The World Bank.
  34. Bhan, Prateek Chandra & Wen, Jinglin, 2024. "Role models among us: Experimental evidence on inspirations and gender disparities set in stones," Working Papers 39, University of Konstanz, Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality. Perceptions, Participation and Policies".
  35. Arnold, Ivo J.M., 2020. "Gender and major choice within economics: Evidence from Europe," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 35(C).
  36. Abhilasha Sahay, 2023. "Closing Gender Gaps in Earnings," World Bank Publications - Reports 39596, The World Bank Group.
  37. Fafchamps, Marcel & Islam, Asad & Pakrashi, Debayan & Tommasi, Denni, 2026. "Diffusion in social networks: Experimental evidence on information sharing vs persuasion," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).
  38. Gallen, Yana & Wasserman, Melanie, 2023. "Does information affect homophily?," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 222(C).
  39. Ashtari Tafti, Elena & Distefano, Mimosa & Surovtseva, Tetyana, 2024. "Gender, careers and peers' gender mix," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126779, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  40. Elaine Kelly & Isabel Stockton, 2024. "A senior doctor like me: Gender match and occupational choice," IFS Working Papers W24/11, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
  41. Yana Gallen & Melanie Wasserman, 2021. "Informed Choices: Gender Gaps in Career Advice," Working Papers 2021-025, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
  42. von Bieberstein, Frauke & Kulle, Anna-Corinna & Schumacher, Stefanie, 2022. "Make It Easy: Lowering Transaction Costs Substantially Increases COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake," VfS Annual Conference 2022 (Basel): Big Data in Economics 264116, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
  43. Van Campenhout, B. & Spielman, D. & Lecoutere, E., 2018. "The Role of Gender in ICT-mediated Agricultural Information Campaigns," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277438, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  44. Kerstin Grosch & Simone Haeckl & Martin G. Kocher, 2022. "Closing the Gender STEM Gap - A Large-Scale Randomized-Controlled Trial in Elementary Schools," CESifo Working Paper Series 9907, CESifo.
  45. Arve, Malin & Valasek, Justin, 2023. "Underrepresentation, Quotas and Quality: A dynamic argument for reform," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 8/2023, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
  46. Amanda J. Felkey & Dimitra Papadovasilaki, 2023. "Gender Code-Switching in Economics and Finance," Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE), vol. 7(1), pages 43-50, November.
  47. Lucienne N. Karszen & Seth Richard Gitter & Melissa A. Groves, 2025. "Nudges to encourage female and racial minority students to enroll in additional economics courses," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 63(4), pages 1386-1408, October.
  48. Giuliano, Paola, 2026. "Sticky Traditions: Origin, Persistence, and Evolution of Cultural Norms," CEPR Discussion Papers 21401, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
  49. Guo, Mengmeng & Ling, Dian & Wen, Qiang, 2025. "Female olympic champions and gender preferences: Evidence from China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
  50. Sofoklis Goulas & Rigissa Megalokonomou & Panagiotis Sotirakopoulos, 2025. "Top-performing girls are more impactful peer role models than boys, teachers say," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 122(6), pages 2421436122-, February.
  51. Keng, Shao-Hsun, 2020. "Gender bias and statistical discrimination against female instructors in student evaluations of teaching," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
  52. Benjamin W. Arold, 2022. "Evolution vs. Creationism in the Classroom: The Lasting Effects of Science Education," ifo Working Paper Series 379, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
  53. Yu Wang, 2026. "The effect of high school gender composition on university major choice: Evidence from Canada," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 64(3), pages 1116-1156, July.
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  56. Biroli, Pietro & Di Girolamo, Amalia & Sorrenti, Giuseppe & Totarelli, Maddalena, 2025. "Talent Is Everywhere, Opportunity Is Not: Online Role Model Mentoring and Students’ Aspirations," IZA Discussion Papers 18325, IZA Network @ LISER.
  57. Stefano Piasenti & Müge Süer, 2024. "Predictive Power of Biological Sex and Gender Identity on Economic Behavior," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 513, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
  58. Carvalho, Jean-Paul & Pradelski, Bary SR, 2022. "Identity and underrepresentation: Interactions between race and gender," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 216(C).
  59. Elena Chechik, 2024. "Gender disparities in research fields in Russia: dissertation authors and their mentors," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 129(6), pages 3341-3358, June.
  60. Maura A. E. Pilotti & Runna Al Ghazo, 2020. "Sustainable Education Starts in the Classroom," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-13, November.
  61. Busso, Matias & Frisancho, Veronica, 2021. "Good peers have asymmetric gendered effects on female educational outcomes: Experimental evidence from Mexico," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 189(C), pages 727-747.
  62. Larissa Fuchs & Pia Pinger & Philipp Seegers, 2025. "Relative Grades and Gender Differences in STEM Enrollment," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2025_633, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany.
  63. Biermann, Marcus, 2024. "Remote talks: Changes to economics seminars during COVID-19," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
  64. Todd Pugatch & Elizabeth Schroeder, 2026. "Using RCTs in economic education research," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(1), pages 90-104, January.
  65. Bloem, Michael D. & Holbein, John B. & Imlay, Samuel J. & Smith, Jonathan, 2025. "Voting Among Siblings," IZA Discussion Papers 17962, IZA Network @ LISER.
  66. Graziella Bertocchi & Luca Bonacini & Marina Murat, 2021. "Adams and Eves:The Gender Gap in Economics Major," CHILD Working Papers Series 95 JEL Classification: J., Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) - CCA.
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  69. Roberts, Gareth & Schöer, Volker, 2021. "Gender-based segregation in education, jobs and earnings in South Africa," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 23(C).
  70. Monique Löwe & Ulf Rinne & Hendrik Sonnabend, 2023. "Gender role models and early-career decisions," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(11), pages 1526-1530, June.
  71. Bortolotti, Stefania & Loviglio, Annalisa, 2024. "The Impact of a Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Program on University Choices and Performance," IZA Discussion Papers 17417, IZA Network @ LISER.
  72. Rigissa Megalokonomou† Michael Vlassopoulos‡ Yves Zenou§, 2025. "Recognizing Talent: Evidence from Exposure to Math Award Winners∗," Monash Economics Working Papers 2026-20, Monash University, Department of Economics.
  73. Jain, Divyanshu & Jain, Tarun, 2026. "When Science Feels like Math: Quantitative Content in Science Assessments and the Gender Achievement Gap," IDEA Working Papers 4, International Development Economics Association (IDEA).
  74. Patnaik, Arpita & Pauley, Gwyn & Venator, Joanna & Wiswall, Matthew, 2024. "The impacts of same and opposite gender alumni speakers on interest in economics," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
  75. Alexia Delfino, 2024. "Breaking Gender Barriers: Experimental Evidence on Men in Pink-Collar Jobs," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 114(6), pages 1816-1853, June.
  76. Yuan Cao, 2026. "Teacher Gender and Students' Academic Outcomes in High School," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 92(3), pages 743-762, January.
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