. We present indicative empirical evidence that gender peer effects in the Norwegian elementary school are conditional upon … literature which indicates that peer effects cannot be estimated without taking into account the role of school decision makers …

characteristic of same-age neighbors-their gender-affects a variety of high school and university outcomes. We exploit randomness in … the gender composition of local cohorts at birth from one year to the next. In a setting in which school assignment is … female neighbors improves both male and female students' high school and university outcomes. We also find that female …

they behave the same as the males. Thus part of the observed gender difference in behavior under uncertainty found in … previous studies might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

. Using regression discontinuity (RDD) methods, combined with dates on school year start and end dates by locality, we … document several notable results. First, mothers are substantially more affected by the school year than are fathers. When … school is in session, mothers sleep less, spend more time caring for family members and driving them around, and spend less …

This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM at college. Using … Danish administrative data, we exploit idiosyncratic within-school variation in gender composition. We find that having a … in STEM occupations, earn less, and have more children. Our findings show that the school peer environment has lasting …

, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the …

This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school … unprecedented detail. We find a positive and significant effect of the exposure to gifted students on school achievement in both … presence of gifted peers in all subjects regardless of their gender, whereas female students seem to benefit primarily from the …

disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged schools. We exploit the random assignment of students to classrooms in early high school in … that feature two novel contributions. Unlike other gender peer effects studies, a) we use a rich sample of schools and … students that contains a large and diverse set of school qualities, and household incomes, and b) we measure disruption and …