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  • Factors explaining the choice of an economics major: The role of student characteristics, personality and perceptions of the profession

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    Author(s)
    Worthington, Andrew
    Higgs, Helen
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    Higgs, Helen
    Year published
    2004
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    A bivariate probit model is used to predict the choice of an economics major in a sample of first-year, undergraduate business students. The paper examines the statistical significance of a number of student-related characteristics on the likelihood of choosing an economics major, along with the role of student personality and perceptions of the profession. Factors analysed include secondary studies in economics, accounting and business, grade point average and attendance pattern, along with perceptions of the economics profession arrayed along dimensions of interest, independence, structure and precision. It would appear ...
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    A bivariate probit model is used to predict the choice of an economics major in a sample of first-year, undergraduate business students. The paper examines the statistical significance of a number of student-related characteristics on the likelihood of choosing an economics major, along with the role of student personality and perceptions of the profession. Factors analysed include secondary studies in economics, accounting and business, grade point average and attendance pattern, along with perceptions of the economics profession arrayed along dimensions of interest, independence, structure and precision. It would appear that the primary influences on the selection of a major in economics comprise student personality and level of interest in the profession.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Social Economics
    Volume
    31
    Issue
    5/6
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1108/03068290410529416
    Copyright Statement
    © 2004 Emerald. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Applied Economics
    Other Economics
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/27601
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