Heterogeneous Major Preferences for Extrinsic Incentives: The Effects of Wage Information on the Gender Gap in STEM Major Choice

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  2021

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  Research in Higher Education

• Publication date

  2021-05-14

• Fields of study

  Psychology, Engineering, Economics

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  DOI 10.1007/s11162-021-09636-w
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