Can New Learning Opportunities Reshape Gender Attitudes for Girls?: Field Evidence from Tanzania

So Yoon Ahn (), Youjin Hahn and Semee Yoon
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So Yoon Ahn: University of Illinois at Chicago
Semee Yoon: Yonsei University

No 2021-046, Working Papers from Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group

Abstract: We study how educational opportunities change adolescents' gender attitudes in Tanzania, using an experiential education program focused on STEM subjects. After the intervention, girls' gender attitudes became more progressive by 0.29 standard deviations, but boys' gender attitudes did not change. Perceived improvement in the labor market opportunities appears to be an important channel to explain the result. The intervention also increased girls' weekly study hours and boosted their interests in STEM-related subjects and occupations. Our results show that providing STEM-related educational opportunities to girls in developing countries can be an effective way of improving their gender attitudes.

Keywords: STEM; labor market outcomes; developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 J13 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-09
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