Determinants of Student Choice of Undergraduate Major Field

This paper investigates the determinants of student choice of undergraduate major field. It argues that this choice depends on a variety of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors. After allowing for the recent trends toward Accounting and Business Administration, the empirical results indicate that earnings differentials among fields and differences in the rate of change in earnings among fields are the most important factors in the student's decision.

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Year of publication:	1981-11-02
Authors:	Cebula, Richard ; Lopes, Jerry
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	choice of major \| earnings \| earnings growth

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in American Education Research Journal 2.19(1982): pp. 303-312
Classification:	D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; D14 - Personal Finance ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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