Data and Code for: The Family Origin of the Math Gender Gap is a White Affluent Phenomenon

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Gaia Dossi, LSE; David N. Figlio, Northwestern University; Paola Giuliano, University of California-Los Angeles; Paola Sapienza, northwestern university

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Dossi, Gaia, Figlio, David N., Giuliano, Paola, and Sapienza, Paola. Data and Code for: The Family Origin of the Math Gender Gap is a White Affluent Phenomenon. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-05-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/E139121V1

Project Description

Summary: Previous research has shown that norms around the role of women in society could help explain the gender gap in mathematics, and that these norms could be transmitted within the family. Using data from the Florida Department of Education combined with birth certificates we uncover important heterogeneity in the transmission of gender biases within the family. We find that gender role norms can explain the lower performance of girls in mathematics only in relatively affluent White families, whereas they do not apparently matter for the performance of Black girls.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      A13 Relation of Economics to Social Values
      I20 Education and Research Institutions: General
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      Z10 Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General

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