Family disadvantage and the gender gap in behavioral and educational outcomes.

Autor/inn/en	Autor, David; Figlio, David; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Roth, Jeffrey; Wasserman, Melanie
Titel	Family disadvantage and the gender gap in behavioral and educational outcomes. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Familiäre Nachteile und der geschlechtsspezifische Unterschied beim Verhalten und Bildungsabschluss.
Quelle	In: American economic journal. Applied economics, 11 (2019) 3, S. 338-381 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1945-7782; 1945-7790
DOI	10.1257/app.20170571
Schlagwörter	Bildungschance; Bildungszugang; Chancengleichheit; Abweichendes Verhalten; Soziale Herkunft; Sozialisationsbedingung; Junge; Sekundarbereich; Schulabschluss; Schulleistung; Auswirkung; Benachteiligung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Mädchen; Weißer; USA
Abstract	"Boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of disciplinary problems, lower achievement scores, and fewer high school completions than girls from comparable backgrounds. Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992-2002, we find that family disadvantage disproportionately impedes the pre-market development of boys. The differential effect of family disadvantage on boys is robust to specifications within schools and neighborhoods as well as across siblings within families. Evidence supports that this is the effect of the postnatal environment; family disadvantage is unrelated to the gender gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/4