女孩的“生理领先优势”在解释教育和劳动力市场中的性别差异方面有多重要？

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101466

Marianne Røed, Pål Schøne, Marte Strøm

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摘要

我们调查了青春期身体成熟度的性别差异是否可以解释教育和劳动力市场表现的性别差异。利用与教育和劳动力市场结果登记数据相关联的身体成熟度测量的调查数据，我们分析了身体成熟度对短期和长期性别差异的重要性。结果表明，身体成熟度的性别差异部分解释了教育成绩的性别差距（有利于女孩）和33岁时劳动力市场结果的性别差距（有利于男孩）。综上所述，研究结果表明，女孩身体上的领先优势使她们在学校体系中具有优势，而且这种优势会一直持续到成年，这表明领先优势对学习有长期的累积效应。

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How important is girls’ ‘Biological Head Start’ in explaining gender differences in education and the labour market?

We investigate whether gender differences in physical maturity during adolescence can explain gender differences in educational and labour market performance. Using survey data with measures of physical maturity linked to register data on education and labour market outcomes, we analyse the importance of physical maturity for gender differences in both the short and long terms. The results show that gender differences in physical maturity partially explain both the gender gap in educational performance (in girls’ favour) and the gender gap in labour market outcomes at age 33 (in boys’ favour). Taken together, the results suggest that girls’ physical head start gives them an advantage in the schooling system and that this advantage continues long into adulthood, indicating that the head start has long-lasting cumulative effects on learning.

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Economics & Human Biology 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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4.50

自引率

12.00%

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审稿时长

61 days

期刊介绍： Economics and Human Biology is devoted to the exploration of the effect of socio-economic processes on human beings as biological organisms. Research covered in this (quarterly) interdisciplinary journal is not bound by temporal or geographic limitations.