Are parents an obstacle to gender-atypical occupational choices?
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- Wolter, Stefan C. & Zöllner, Thea, 2024. "Are Parents an Obstacle to Gender-Atypical Occupational Choices?," IZA Discussion Papers 16955, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Gender; Occupational choice; Career advice; Vocational Education;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2024-05-20 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-EXP-2024-05-20 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GEN-2024-05-20 (Gender)
- NEP-LMA-2024-05-20 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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