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Do gender stereotypes reduce girls' or boys' human capital outcomes? Evidence from a natural experiment
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Lavy, Victor (2008) Do gender stereotypes reduce girls' or boys' human capital outcomes? Evidence from a natural experiment. Journal of Public Economics, Vol.92 (No.10-11). pp. 2083-2105. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.02.009 ISSN 0047-2727.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.02.009
Abstract
Schools and teachers are often said to be a source of stereotypes that harm girls. This paper tests for the existence of gender stereotyping and discrimination by public high-school teachers in Israel. It uses a natural experiment based on blind and non-blind scores that students receive on matriculation exams in their senior year. Using data on test results in several subjects in the humanities and sciences, I found, contrary to expectations, that male students face discrimination in each subject. These biases widen the female–male achievement difference because girls outperform boys in all subjects, except English, and at all levels of the curriculum. The bias is evident in all segments of the ability and performance distribution and is robust to various individual controls. Several explanations based on differential behavior between boys and girls are not supported empirically. However, the size of the difference is very sensitive to teachers' characteristics, suggesting that the bias against male students is the result of teachers', and not students', behavior.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Public Economics | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
ISSN: | 0047-2727 | ||||
Official Date: | October 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.92 | ||||
Number: | No.10-11 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 23 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 2083-2105 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.02.009 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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