Do Faculty Serve as Role Models? The Impact of Instructor Gender on Female Students

2005/04/01 by Eric P Bettinger, Eric Bettinger, Bridget Terry Long · 603 citations
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Demographic economics #Economics #Gender gap #Higher Education Research Studies #Innovations in Educational Methods #Medical education #Medicine #Psychology #School Choice and Performance #Sociology

paper · pdf · doi:10.1257/000282805774670149

published in American Economic Review 95(2), 152-157 (American Economic Association)

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Abstract

Do Faculty Serve as Role Models? The Impact of Instructor Gender on Female Students by Eric P. Bettinger and Bridget Terry Long. Published in volume 95, issue 2, pages 152-157 of American Economic Review, May 2005

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