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The study investigates how students enter lucrative fields and selective colleges, focusing on gender and socioeconomic influences.

Fields of Study, College Selectivity, and Student Inequalities in Higher Education

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Randomized trial examines how college selectivity and fields of study affect student opportunities, highlighting economic disparities.

The study investigates how students enter lucrative fields and selective colleges, focusing on gender and socioeconomic influences.
Utilized the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Categorized fields based on average monthly income
Measured college selectivity using incoming students' SAT scores
Males more likely than females to enter higher-income fields
Socioeconomic status (SES) does not influence entry into lucrative fields after adjusting for background factors
Academic ability consistently predicts entry across all variables studied

Davies et al. (1997) studied this question.

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