Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/324345 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17947
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using Italian data, we study whether their intended choice of college major is affected by the college major selected by family members. We find evidence of strong inter-generational persistence, especially in medicine and health professions, followed by economics and law, and STEM. The effects are strongest for parents and less sizeable for older siblings. No effect is found for grandparents.
Subjects: 
Italy
college majors
parents
JEL: 
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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