Persistent Effects of Teacher–Student Gender Matches

2019/01/10 by Jaegeum Lim, Jonathan Meer · 91 citations
Mathematics · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Arithmetic #Demographic economics #Division (mathematics) #Economics #Gender Diversity and Inequality #Management #Mathematics #Mathematics education #Psychology #Sociology #Teacher Professional Development and Motivation

paper · doi:10.3368/jhr.55.3.0218-9314r4

published in The Journal of Human Resources 55(3), 809-835 (University of Wisconsin Press)

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Abstract

The absence of same gender role models in STEM fields has been shown to discourage female student participation in STEM fields of study. In PERC Working Paper 1706, Persistent Effects of Teacher-Student Gender Matches, PERC professor Jonathan Meer and co-author Jaegeum Lim study the long term effects of teacher-student gender matches at the secondary school level.

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