What's It Worth? The Economic Value of College Majors.

By A. Carnevale, Jeff Strohl, M. Melton. 2011

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Heterogeneity in Human Capital Investments: High School Curriculum, College Major, and Careers. NBER Working Paper No. 17985. (2012, unknown): “Amsterdam: Elsevier [16] Carnevale AP, Strohl J, Melton M.”
The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap. Fall 2018 Edition. (2018, background): “But choice of college major can profoundly affect future earnings (Carnevale et al., 2011).”
But You Don’t Look Like A Scientist!: Women Scientists with Feminine Appearance are Deemed Less Likely to be Scientists (2016, unknown): “Third, to make it less apparent that we were examining a male stereotypic (scientist) and female stereotypic career (teacher), participants first rated a relatively gender-neutral career, journalist (64 % female; Carnevale et al. 2013), for each target.”