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Political Inclusion and Educational Investment : Estimates from a National Policy Experiment in India
O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2018
In this paper, I examine whether the "role model effect" of female politicians on adolescent girls' school enrollment comes only from female representation in the lowest level of local government. To do this, I exploit variation in the implementation of seat quotas for women applied to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912740
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Children Left Behind : Self-Confidence of Pupils in Competitive Environments
Federičová, Miroslava - 2016
-confidence among girls is long lasting and implies that gender gaps in self-confidence can be a result of the competitive environment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978664
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Child Poverty and Compulsory Elementary Education in India : Policy Insights from Household Data Analysis
Chaudhri, Dharam Pal; Jha, Raghbendra - 2014
Children (under 15 years of age) growing up in poor and/or nutritionally deprived households also live with a number of layers of deprivations that stifle their freedom to actively participate in and benefit from elementary school education. Lack of health care, limited access to quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014185244
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Separating gender composition effect from peer effects in education
Jahanshahi, Babak - 2014
order to identify gender composition effect on education outcome appropriately. Using Manski (1993) linear-in-means model …, this paper illustrates that the gender composition effect that is currently estimated in education function is the function … of three parameters: social multiplier, gender differences in outcome and gender composition effect (known as a gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729273
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Exposure to more female peers widens the gender gap in STEM participation
Brenøe, Anne Ardila; Zölitz, Ulf - 2018
This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM college studies …. Using Danish administrative data, we exploit idiosyncratic within-school variation in gender composition. We find that … peer environment has lasting effects on occupational sorting and the gender wage gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011824429
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Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in Stem Participation
Brenoe, Anne Ardila - 2019
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 … effects on occupational sorting, the gender wage gap, and fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861442
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Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in Stem Participation
Brenøe, Anne - 2019
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 … effects on occupational sorting, the gender wage gap, and fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863367
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Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in STEM Participation
Brenøe, Anne - 2018
This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM college studies …. Using Danish administrative data, we exploit idiosyncratic within-school variation in gender composition. We find that … peer environment has lasting effects on occupational sorting and the gender wage gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920522
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Gender Peer Effects on Students' Academic and Noncognitive Outcomes : Evidence and Mechanisms
Gong, Jie - 2019
This paper examines gender peer effects on students' academic and noncognitive outcomes. We use a nationally …' gender influences student outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012902849
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Separating Gender Composition Effect from Peer Effects in Education
Jahanshahi, Babak - 2014
order to identify gender composition effect on education outcome appropriately. Using Manski (1993) linear-in-means model …, this paper illustrates that the gender composition effect that is currently estimated in education function is the function … of three parameters: social multiplier, gender differences in outcome and gender composition effect (known as a gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147404