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How do Young People Choose College Majors?

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  • Montmarquette, C.
  • Cannings, C.
  • Mahseredjian,S.

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Previous studies on the determinants of the choice of college major have assumed a constant probability of sucess across majors or a constant earnings streamacross majors. Our model disregards these two restrictive assumptions in computing an expected earnings variable to explain the probability that student will choose a specific major among four choices of concentrations.

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  • 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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    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General

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