Modeling college major choices using elicited measures of expectations and counterfactuals

DOI10.1016/j.jeconom.2011.06.002zbMath1441.62590OpenAlexW3122320753MaRDI QIDQ738090

Peter Arcidiacono, V. Joseph Hotz, Songman Kang

Publication date: 15 August 2016

Published in: Journal of Econometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2011.06.002

zbMATH Keywords

subjective expectationschoice of college major

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20)

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