Women's Colleges and Economics Major Choice: Evidence from Wellesley College Applicants

We are grateful to administrators and staff of Wellesley College for supporting the research, especially Joy St. John, Pamela Taylor, and Hui Xiong; the researchers are affiliated with Wellesley College, but aside from compensation for regular faculty activities, no additional financial support was received by the authors for conducting this research. We are also grateful to many colleagues and former students for comments and ideas, including Yo-Jud Cheng, Emily Cuddy, Rebecca Fraenkel, Phil Levine, Elaine Liu, Lucie Schmidt, Karen Scott, Olga Shurchkov, Micah Villarreal, Amy Wickett, Heidi Williams, and participants in our session at the AEFP 2022 annual conference. Views expressed here are those of the authors and do not reflect those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Reserve System, or any other entity. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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