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The Impact of Advisor Gender on Female Students’ STEM Enrollment and Persistence

View ORCID ProfileSerena Canaan and Pierre Mouganie
Journal of Human Resources, March 2023, 58 (2) 593-632; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.4.0320-10796R2
Serena Canaan
Serena Canaan is an assistant professor of economics at Simon Fraser University and an IZA research affiliate ().
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Pierre Mouganie is an assistant professor of economics at Simon Fraser University and an IZA research affiliate.
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