College Gap Time and Academic Outcomes for Women: Evidence from Missionaries

Margaret Marchant () and Jocelyn S. Wikle ()
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Margaret Marchant: Harold B. Lee Library Brigham Young University
Jocelyn S. Wikle: School of Family Life Brigham Young University

Education Finance and Policy, 2024, vol. 19, issue 1, 143-168

Abstract: This study leverages a policy change in the missionary program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that exogenously influenced the likelihood that a woman took gap time during college to understand how gap time influences women's subsequent choice of major and academic outcomes. If structured gap time shapes educational outcomes, increasing the uptake of gap time by women may be a mechanism to ameliorate later wage gaps. Using administrative data from Brigham Young University (

Date: 2024
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