Women and the choice to study economics

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 349-362

  Emerson, Tisha L N ^a   McGoldrick, Kimmarie ^b   Mumford, Kevin J ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economics education; economics major; undergraduate economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867483470     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2012.714306     Document Type: Article

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