Career choices and the evolution of the college gender gap
| dc.creator.Autor | Rossi, Martín A. | |
| dc.creator.Autor | Ruzzier, Christian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-07T18:26:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-07T18:26:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-03 | |
| dc.description | Fil: Rossi, Martín A. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina. | |
| dc.description | Fil: Ruzzier, Christian. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina. | |
| dc.description.abstract | We propose a complementary explanation for the evolution of the college gender gap that emphasizes the raising opportunity cost of pursuing a college degree for men, due to the increase in the rewards to becoming a superstar in men-dominated occupations, like professional sports. We support our expla- nation with causal evidence from a natural experiment in European soccer markets that provides exogenous variation in male earnings in a superstar path. Consistent with our story, we nd a signi cant positive e ect of an increase in male superstar earnings on the ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment in college education. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10908/11957 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Documento de trabajo (Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía);120 | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.rights | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.title | Career choices and the evolution of the college gender gap | |
| dc.type | Documento de Trabajo | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper | |
| dc.type | info:ar-repo/semantics/documento de trabajo | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/draft |