Peer Gender and Schooling: Evidence from Ethiopia

Daniel Borbely, Jonathan Norris () and Agnese Romiti ()
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Jonathan Norris: University of Strathclyde

No 14439, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: In this paper, we study how classmate gender composition matters for students in Ethiopia. We base our results on a unique survey of students across classrooms and schools and among those randomly assigned to class. We find a strong asymmetry: males do not and females do benefit from exposure to more female classmates with less school absence and improvement on math test scores. We further find that exposure to more female classmates improves motivation and participation in class, and in general, that the effects of classmate gender composition are consistent with social interaction effects.

Keywords: peer effects; gender; school performance; Ethiopia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I29 J16 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 67 pages
Date: 2021-06
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Published - published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2023, 17 (2), 207–249

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