Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250439 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14778
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We model the process of field specialization choice among beginning economists within a multivariate logit framework that accommodates single and dual primary field specializations and incorporates correlations among field specialization choices. Conditioning on personal, economic, and institutional variables reveals that women graduate students are less likely to specialize in Labor/Health, Macro/Finance, Industrial Organization, Public Economics, and Development/Growth/International and are more likely to specialize in Agricultural/Resource/Environmental Economics. Field-specific gender faculty ratios and expected relative salaries as well as economics department rankings are significant factors for gender doctoral specialization dissimilarity. Preferences and characteristics contribute about equally to field specialization dissimilarity.
Subjects: 
gender
economics
specialization
salaries
JEL: 
J01
J16
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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