Many countries use college-major-specific admissions policies that require a student to choose a college-major pair jointly. Given the potential of student-major mismatches, we explore the equilibrium effects of postponing ...

This dissertation evaluates how gender affects college major choice in Brazil by estimating a discrete choice model with a nested logit specification. I use data from a Brazilian standardized exam taken by most seniors who ...

Around the world, students from a disadvantaged background are underrepresented in prestigious and lucrative fields of study, such as medicine and STEM. We know little about whether universities can affect individuals' ...

Many countries use college-major-specific admissions policies that require a student to choose a college-major pair jointly. Given the potential of student-major mismatches, we explore the equilibrium effects of postponing ...

This paper studies gender differences in college applications in Chile. We use the revealed preferences of students for college major choice by taking advantage of Chile's Centralized Admission System, and estimate a nested ...

We exploit the exogenous characteristic of random freshmen course assignment in a large Chilean university to identify the causal effect of teachers and their qualitative characteristics over students’ major choice. ...

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes are one of the most suitable candidates for elucidating the genetic bases of mate choice in vertebrates, given the potential benefits in terms of immunocompetence that can ...

The vast majority of publications on food acceptability and behavior have considered middle- or high-income populations. However, there is research focused on low-income populations which deserves attention considering ...

The aim of this paper is to calculate the rate of return and the net present value for several fields of university studies in Chile. The methodology employed involves the use of earnings over the life cycle for individuals ...