讲座题目：Is a Broader Major More Attractive? Evidence from the Meta-Major Reform in China’s College Education

摘要：There are still some debates about whether students should be assigned into a narrow specialty or a broader major when entering college. With the administrative data of China’s National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) in the period of 2006-2011, this study joins the debates by investigating the effects of the meta-major reform on students’ application behaviors, which can reveal their preferences over the breadth of specialty. Once a college implemented the reform on one undergraduate program in a specific year, students in this program could finalize their choices of narrow specialties until sophomore year or junior year, after taking a set of general courses. The results of difference-in-differences regressions show that the average admission score for meta majors is about 2 points higher than that for single-subject majors. The effects increase with college’s reputation and meta major’s breadth. These findings suggest that students value breadth and flexibility when making decisions on college application. Moreover, male and urban students show stronger preferences over major breadth, while NCEE retakers tend to avoid broader majors.

主讲人：周羿助理教授（北京大学）

讲座时间：2022年5月18日（周三）13:00—14:30

讲座方式：线上腾讯会议 ID：423159662

讲座语言：中英文

主持人：邹先强助理教授

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主讲人简介：

周羿，北京大学光华管理学院社会研究中心助理教授，加州大学伯克利分校人口学博士。他的研究领域包括人口经济学、形式人口学和社会流行病学。他在Population and Development Review、Journal of Peace Research、Social Science & Medicine、Journal of Rural Studies、Sociological Science、Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health、Journal of Population Economics、《经济研究》、《经济学（季刊）》、《世界经济与政治》和《中国人口科学》等期刊上发表论文三十余篇，并曾获第18届“安子介国际贸易研究奖优秀论文奖”。