Choice of fields of study of university Canadian graduates: The role of gender and their parents' education

Education Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-213

  Boudarbat, Brahim ^a   Montmarquette, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expected lifetime earnings; Mixed multinomial logit model; Parents' education; University fields of study

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ROLE; INCENTIVE; INCOME; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; STUDENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449413832     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290802133032     Document Type: Article

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