This paper studies how college majors are chosen, focusing on the underlying gender gap.
I collect a data set of Northwestern University sophomores that contains their subjective …

This article studies the determinants of college major choice using an experimentally generated
panel of beliefs, obtained by providing students with information on the true population …

We use a hypothetical choice methodology to estimate preferences for workplace attributes
from a sample of high-ability undergraduates attending a highly selective university. We …

This study focuses on how college students form expectations about various major-specific
outcomes. For this purpose, I collect a panel data set of Northwestern University …

In order to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education, we surveyed
approximately 1500 students at one of the largest public institutions in the United States …

We use data from Denmark, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States
to document the degree of educational assortative mating, how it evolves over time, and the …

Young Americans are heavily reliant on debt and have clear financial literacy shortcomings.
In this paper, we study the effects of exposure to financial training on debt outcomes in early …

Widespread acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines is crucial for achieving sufficient immunization
coverage to end the global pandemic, yet few studies have investigated COVID-19 …

We conduct an information experiment about college returns and costs embedded within a
representative survey of US household heads. Baseline perceptions of college costs and …

Expectations are important determinants of decisions made under uncertainty, and if individuals’
expectations are biased, they can make suboptimal choices. This paper uses a unique “…