Assortative preferences in choice of major
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© 2020 Yigit Aydede, published by Sciendo
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Average FSA by NFOR based on 41 major CIP codes (weighted)
NFORC | Father–son | Mother–son | Father–daughter | Mother–daughter |
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F = 1, M = 1 | 0.466 | 0.534 | 0.525 | 0.445 |
F = 1, M = 2 | 0.469 | 0.515 | 0.527 | 0.425 |
F = 2, M = 1 | 0.418 | 0.535 | 0.502 | 0.443 |
F = 2, M = 2 | 0.417 | 0.517 | 0.492 | 0.428 |
Distribution of fathers and mothers by NFOR and 12 prime CIP codes (% and weighted)
| Father | Mother |
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| | NFOR | Major’s | NFOR | Major’s |
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Majors | | 1.0–0.8 | 0.8–0.0 | share | 1.0–0.8 | 0.8–0.0 | share |
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Education | 1 | 57.32 | 42.68 | 7.41 | 56.80 | 43.20 | 8.74 |
Arts | 2 | 28.50 | 71.50 | 3.44 | 28.33 | 71.67 | 3.55 |
Humanities | 3 | 11.03 | 88.97 | 4.86 | 10.05 | 89.95 | 5.16 |
Law | 4 | 23.89 | 76.11 | 9.62 | 23.51 | 76.49 | 11.15 |
Business | 5 | 16.34 | 83.66 | 20.02 | 14.98 | 85.02 | 22.94 |
Science | 6 | 26.53 | 73.47 | 3.33 | 26.28 | 73.72 | 3.21 |
Math/Comp. | 7 | 32.11 | 67.89 | 3.61 | 29.01 | 70.99 | 3.27 |
Engineering | 8 | 42.99 | 57.01 | 26.26 | 42.10 | 57.90 | 16.79 |
Agriculture | 9 | 25.39 | 74.61 | 2.93 | 23.51 | 76.49 | 2.55 |
Health | 10 | 36.15 | 63.85 | 11.91 | 33.22 | 66.78 | 16.08 |
Services | 11 | 36.91 | 63.09 | 6.61 | 34.58 | 65.42 | 6.58 |
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| Total | 32.15 | 67.85 | | 29.62 | 70.38 | |
Intergenerational transmission of field of study with 41 major CIP codes
| 1 | 2 |
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| FSA–Son | FSA–Daughter | FSA–Son | FSA–Son |
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| Father | Mother | Father | Mother | Father | Mother | Father | Mother |
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FSH = 1 (if same major) | | | | 0.055 | 0.002 | 0.025 | 0.015 |
| | | | | 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.062 |
NFSHM | 0.050 | | 0.051 | | | | | |
| 0.006 | | 0.005 | | | | | |
NFSHF | | 0.100 | | 0.038 | | | | |
| | 0.003 | | 0.002 | | | | |
FORCF= 1 | | | | | −0.044 | | −0.027 | |
| | | | | 0.002 | | 0.001 | |
FORCM= 1 | | | | | | −0.020 | | −0.016 |
| | | | | | 0.001 | | 0.003 |
EDH | 0.046 | 0.027 | 0.018 | 0.025 | 0.040 | 0.045 | 0.025 | 0.026 |
| 0.003 | 0.002 | 0.01 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.002 |
Household income 0.009 | 0.002 | 0.006 | 0.001 | 0.007 | −0.002 | 0.005 | 0.001 |
| 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.001 | 0.004 |
Constant | 0.347 | 0.529 | 0.464 | 0.434 | 0.390 | 0.615 | 0.464 | 0.434 |
| 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Number of Obs. | 23,748 | 23,748 | 22,254 | 22,254 | 21,101 | 20,016 | 20,195 | 19,159 |
Transmission of field of study by within-family specification with 41 major CIP codes
| (FSAM,S) − (FSAF,S) | (FSAM,D) − (FSAF,D) |
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| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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(NFSHF) – (NFSHM) | 0.153 | | −0.014 | |
| 0.002 | | 0.012 | |
DFORC | | | | |
1 | Base | | Base | |
2 | −0.033 | | −0.027 | |
| 0.001 | | 0.001 | |
3 | 0.035 | | 0.163 | |
| 0.001 | | 0.068 | |
NFSHM | | −0.101 | | −0.005 |
| | 0.001 | | 0.023 |
NFSHF | | 0.162 | | −0.021 |
| | 0.001 | | 0.018 |
FORCM= 1 | | −0.016 | | −0.016 |
| | 0.001 | | 0.071 |
FORCF= 1 | | 0.051 | | 0.029 |
| | 0.001 | | 0.001 |
Constant | 0.069 | 0.026 | −0.076 | −0.070 |
| 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Number of Obs. | 21,018 | 21,018 | 19,942 | 19,942 |
Within-family specification for STEM parents with 41 major CIP codes
| (FSAMS) − (FSAFS) | (FSAMD) − (FSAFD) |
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| Coef. | | Std. err. | Coef. | | Std. err |
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NFSHM | −0.079 | | 0.002 | 0.001 | | 0.370 |
NFSHF | 0.161 | | 0.001 | −0.020 | | 0.019 |
STEM | −0.151 | | 0.001 | 0.019 | | 0.176 |
STEM × NFSHM | −0.042 | | 0.101 | −0.037 | | 0.306 |
STEM × NFSHF | −0.037 | | 0.098 | −0.103 | | 0.423 |
FORCM= 1 | −0.017 | | 0.001 | −0.016 | | 0.004 |
FORCF= 1 | 0.042 | | 0.002 | 0.027 | | 0.001 |
Constant | 0.027 | | 0.003 | −0.073 | | 0.003 |
Number of Obs. | | 21,018 | | | 19,942 | |
Field-of-study homogamy (FSH) by prime CIP codes (weighted)
| | Son’s major |
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Father’s major | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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Education | 1 | 0.94 | 0.80 | 1.00 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.00 | 0.70 | 0.88 | 0.63 |
Arts | 2 | 0.32 | 1.00 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.31 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.35 | 0.38 |
Humanities | 3 | 0.60 | 0.72 | 1.00 | 0.73 | 0.51 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.48 |
Law | 4 | 0.65 | 0.72 | 0.87 | 1.00 | 0.77 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 0.68 | 0.53 |
Business | 5 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.64 | 0.69 | 1.00 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.43 |
Science | 6 | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.73 | 0.60 | 1.00 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.35 |
Math/Comp. | 7 | 0.64 | 0.76 | 0.88 | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.54 |
Engineering | 8 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.18 | 1.00 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.21 |
Agriculture | 9 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.26 | 0.51 |
Health | 10 | 0.69 | 0.66 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.63 | 1.00 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.84 | 0.59 |
Services | 11 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.51 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 1.00 |
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Mother’s major |
Education | 1 | 0.98 | 0.84 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 0.77 | 0.85 | 0.46 |
Arts | 2 | 0.38 | 1.00 | 0.65 | 0.62 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.15 |
Humanities | 3 | 0.62 | 0.71 | 1.00 | 0.78 | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.46 |
Law | 4 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.00 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.47 |
Business | 5 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.17 | 0.29 | 1.00 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.38 |
Science | 6 | 0.72 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.75 | 1.00 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 0.64 | 0.57 |
Math/Comp. | 7 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.96 | 1.00 | 0.45 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.05 |
Engineering | 8 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.23 | 1.00 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 0.25 |
Agriculture | 9 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.27 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 0.69 | 1.00 | 0.34 | 0.42 |
Health | 10 | 0.45 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.84 | 0.57 | 1.00 | 0.96 |
Services | 11 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 1.00 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.60 |