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Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors
UC San Diego, USA;Norwegian Sch Econ, Norway;NBER, USA;CESifo, Germany;CEPR, UK;IZA, Germany.
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Economics and Statistics (NS). IZA, Germany;Stockholm University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8887-5677
IZA, Germany;Stockholm University, Sweden.
2024 (English)In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, ISSN 1945-7731, E-ISSN 1945-774X, Vol. 16, no 3, p. 133-173Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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This paper estimates family spillovers in high school major choice in Sweden, where admission to oversubscribed majors is determined based on GPA. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find large sibling and intergenerational spillovers that depend on the sex mix of a dyad. Same-sex siblings copy one another, while younger brothers recoil from an older sister's choices. Fathers and mothers influence sons but not their daughters, except when a mother majors in the male-dominated program of engineering. Back-of-the-envelope calculations reveal that these within-family spillovers have sizable implications for the sex composition of majors.

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American Economic Association , 2024. Vol. 16, no 3, p. 133-173
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Economy, Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-132657DOI: 10.1257/pol.20220197ISI: 001306770300005OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-132657DiVA, id: diva2:1899716
Available from: 2024-09-20 Created: 2024-09-20 Last updated: 2024-10-24Bibliographically approved

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