Gender differences in preferences for taking risk in college applications
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Gender gap; College admissions; Risk taking;All these keywords.
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- C35 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions
- I29 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Other
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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