The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? Prior Achievement Fails to Explain Gender Inequality in Entry Into STEM College Majors Over Time

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  The American Educational Research Journal

• Publication date

  2012-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Economics, Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.3102/0002831211435229PMID 24371330PMCID PMC3872126
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