School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement
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Autor, David H.
Figlio, David
Karbownik, Krzysztof
Roth, Jeffrey
Wasserman, Melanie Sharon
Date Issued
May 2016
Journal
American Economic Review
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American Economic Association (AEA)
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Autor, David, David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Jeffrey Roth, and Melanie Wasserman. “School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement†.” American Economic Review 106, no. 5 (May 2016): 289–295. ©2016 American Economic Association.
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Abstract
Recent evidence indicates that boys and girls are differently affected by the quantity and quality of family inputs received in childhood. We assess whether this is also true for schooling inputs. Using matched Florida birth and school administrative records, we estimate the causal effect of school quality on the gender gap in educational outcomes by contrasting opposite-sex siblings who attend the same sets of schools--thereby purging family heterogeneity--and leveraging within-family variation in school quality arising from family moves. Investigating middle school test scores, absences and suspensions, we find that boys benefit more than girls from cumulative exposure to higher quality schools.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
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https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20161074
