Gender differences in the formation of a field of study choice set

Sociological Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-81

  Alon, Sigal ^a   DiPrete, Thomas A ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice model; Field of study; Gender; Higher education; Sex segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927166824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23306696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15195/v2.a5     Document Type: Article

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