Double Your Major, Double Your Return?

Autor/inn/en	Del Rossi, Alison F.; Hersch, Joni
Titel	Double Your Major, Double Your Return?
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 27 (2008) 4, S.375-386 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.03.001
Schlagwörter	Majors (Students); Social Sciences; College Graduates; Engineering; Humanities; Employment Patterns; Graduate Surveys; Education Work Relationship; Competition; Interdisciplinary Approach; Educational Background; Employment Potential; College Outcomes Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Maschinenbau; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Wettkampf; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Vorbildung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit
Abstract	We use the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates to provide the first estimates of the effect on earnings of having a double major. Overall, double majoring increases earnings by 2.3% relative to having a single major among college graduates without graduate degrees. Most of the gains from having a double major come from choosing fields across two different major categories. Graduates who combine an arts, humanities or social science major with a major in business, engineering, science or math have returns 7-50% higher than graduates with a single major in arts, humanities or social science. But such double major combinations have returns no higher than single majors in business, engineering, science or math. Majors combining business and science or math have returns more than 50% greater than the returns to having a single major in these fields. (Contains 5 tables.) (Author).
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