Peer Gender and Schooling: Evidence from Ethiopia

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-10-31 DOI:10.1086/723111

D. Borbély, Jonathan Norris, Agnese Romiti

引用次数: 2

Abstract

We study the relation of classmate gender composition to school absences and test scores in a context characterized by strong social norms and scarce school resources. We base our results on a unique survey of students across classrooms and schools in Ethiopia and exploit the random assignment of students to classrooms. We find a strong asymmetry: whereas females benefit from exposure to more female classmates as demonstrated by reduced absenteeism and improvement on math test scores, males are unaffected. We further find that exposure to more female classmates improves motivation and class participation, and, in general, that the effects of classmate gender composition are consistent with social interaction effects.

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同伴性别与学校教育:来自埃塞俄比亚的证据

我们研究了在社会规范强、学校资源稀缺的背景下，同学性别构成与缺勤和考试成绩的关系。我们的研究结果基于对埃塞俄比亚各个教室和学校的学生进行的独特调查，并利用学生随机分配到教室的方法。我们发现了一种强烈的不对称:尽管女性从接触更多的女同学中受益，比如旷课率的降低和数学考试成绩的提高，但男性却没有受到影响。我们进一步发现，接触更多的女同学可以提高积极性和课堂参与度，而且，总的来说，同学性别构成的影响与社会互动的影响是一致的。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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