Gender Differences in Persistence in a Field of Study: This Isn’t All about Grades
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- Michael Kaganovich & Morgan Taylor & Ruli Xiao, 2022. "Gender Differences in Persistence in a Field of Study: This Isn?t All about Grades," CAEPR Working Papers 2022-008 Classification-I, Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research, Department of Economics, Indiana University Bloomington.
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