Born in the family. Preferences for boys and the gender gap in math.

Autor/inn/en	Dossi, Gaia; Figlio, David N.; Giuliano, Paola; Sapienza, Paola
Titel	Born in the family. Preferences for boys and the gender gap in math.
Quelle	Bonn: IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (2019), ca. 42 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper series / IZA. 12156
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Meinung; Eltern; Geschlecht; Mathematik; Diskriminierung; USA
Abstract	We study the correlation between parental gender attitudes and the performance in mathematics of girls using two different approaches and data. First, we identify families with a preference for boys by using fertility stopping rules in a population of households whose children attend public schools in Florida. Girls growing up in a boy-biased family score 3 percentage points lower on math tests when compared to girls raised in other families. Second, we find similar strong effects when we study the correlations between girls' performance in mathematics and maternal gender role attitudes, using evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. We conclude that socialization at home can explain a non-trivial part of the observed gender disparities in mathematics performance and document that maternal gender attitudes correlate with those of their children, supporting the hypothesis that preferences transmitted through the family impact children behavior.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2019/3