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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: Vol. 3 No. 2 (April 2011)
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Mechanisms and Impacts of Gender Peer Effects at School
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Lavy, Victor, and
Analia Schlosser. 2011. "Mechanisms and Impacts of Gender Peer Effects at School."
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
3(2): 1-33.
DOI: 10.1257/app.3.2.1
DOI: 10.1257/app.3.2.1
Abstract
We present in this paper evidence about the effects and mechanisms of gender peer effects in elementary, middle, and high schools. For identification, we rely on idiosyncratic variations in gender composition across adjacent cohorts within the same schools. We find that an increase in the proportion of girls improves boys and girls' cognitive outcomes. These academic gains are mediated through lower levels of classroom disruption and violence, improved inter-student and student-teacher relationships, and lessened teachers' fatigue. We find no effect on individual behavior, which suggests that the positive effects of girls on classroom environment are mostly due to compositional change. (JEL I21, J16)
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Lavy, Victor (Hebrew U Jerusalem and Royal Holloway, U London)
Schlosser, Analia (Tel Aviv U and IZA, Bonn)
Schlosser, Analia (Tel Aviv U and IZA, Bonn)
JEL Classifications
I21: Analysis of Education
J16: Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
J16: Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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