Top-performing Girls are more Impactful Peer Role Models than Boys, Teachers Say

Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou and Panagiotis Sotirakopoulos

No 2025-02, Monash Economics Working Papers from Monash University, Department of Economics

Abstract: We examine teachers’ perceptions toward top performing students and their role model influence on others in an online survey-based experiment. We randomly expose teachers to profiles of top performing students and inquire whether they consider the profiled top performers to be influential role models.

Keywords: teacher gender stereotypes; randomized controlled trial; peer role models; STEM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C90 D83 I21 I24 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-02-01
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