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Owen, S. (2022). College field specialization and beliefs about relative performance: An experimental intervention to understand gender gaps in STEM. Available at SSRN 4161554.
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S Owen - Available at SSRN 4161554, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com

College field specialization and beliefs about relative performance: An experimental intervention to understand gender gaps in STEM.

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Beliefs about relative academic performance may shape field specialization and explain gender gaps in STEM enrollment, but little causal evidence exists. To test whether these beliefs are malleable and salient enough to change behavior, I run a randomized controlled trial with 5,700 undergraduates across seven introductory STEM courses. Providing relative performance information shrinks gender gaps in biased beliefs substantially and closes ten percent of the gender gap in subsequent STEM course-taking. The gap closes due to men …

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