Do role models matter in large classes? New evidence on gender match effects in higher education

Maurer, Stephan Ernst ORCID: 0000-0003-2446-8575, Schwerdt, Guido and Wiederhold, Simon (2023) Do role models matter in large classes? New evidence on gender match effects in higher education. CEP Discussion Papers (CEPDP1896). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.

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Abstract

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects differ by class size. We use administrative records of a German public university, covering all programs and courses between 2006 and 2018. We find that gender match effects on student performance are sizable in smaller classes, but do not exist in larger classes. This difference suggests that direct and frequent interactions between students and professors are important for the emergence of gender match effects. Instead, the mere fact that one's professor is female is not sufficient to increase performance of female students.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	https://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/discussion...
Additional Information:	© 2023 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Centre for Macroeconomics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions L Education > LB Theory and practice of education H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
JEL classification:	I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I21 - Analysis of Education I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I23 - Higher Education Research Institutions I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I20 - General J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J16 - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Date Deposited:	15 Jan 2024 17:24
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2024 09:42
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/121336

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