Persistent Effects of Teacher-Student Gender Matches

Jaegeum Lim () and Jonathan Meer

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Abstract: The paper exploits the data from middle schools in Seoul, South Korea, where students and teachers are randomly assigned to classrooms, and find that female students taught by a female versus a male teacher score higher on standardized tests compared to male students even five years later. It also finds that having a female math teacher in 7th grade increases the likelihood that female students take higher-level math courses, aspire to a STEM degree, and attend a STEM-focused high school. These effects are driven by changes in students' attitudes and choices.

Keywords: eSS; Teacher-Student Gender Matches; middle schools; standardized tests; STEM degree; high school; attitudes; choices. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-12
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