Women's college attainment exceeds that of men. Nonetheless, there are still gaps in the choice of undergraduate majors.

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Women's college attainment exceeds that of men. Nonetheless, there are still gaps in the choice of undergraduate majors. Major choices are determined both by objective and subjective beliefs about own ability. Subjective beliefs change during college as students learn about their abilities. A group of researchers is concerned that women respond differently than men to negative signals of ability, such as lower grades. To address this issue, they study the major choices of 160 PPES students whose first-year course averages place them just above or below the III The following table presents the distribution of students above and below the III cut-off by gender: Women Men Total Just below the ILI 38 42 80 cutoff Just above the ILI 38 42 80 cutoft Total 84 Out of these 160 PPES first-year economics students, 30% will get a degree in economics, The following table presents the distribution of the economics majors. 76 160 Women 6 Economics Degree Men 16 Total 22 Just below the III cutoff Just above the ILI cutoff Total 10 16 26 16 32 48

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