What Explains the Gender Gap in College Track Dropout? Experimental and Administrative Evidence
利用实验和行政数据，研究挪威大学预科辍学中的性别差距，发现家庭背景和个人特征影响辍学，且性别差异在入学选择和入学后均存在，男女辍学决策机制不同。
We exploit a unique data set, combining rich experimental data with high-quality administrative data, to study dropout from the college track in Norway, and why boys are more likely to drop out. The paper provides three main findings. First, we show that family background and personal characteristics contribute to explain dropout. Second, we show that the gender difference in dropout rates appears both when the adolescents select into the college track and after they have started. Third, we show that different processes guide the choices of the boys and the girls of whether to drop out from the college track.