Cultural Norms and Neighborhood Exposure Impacts on the Gender Gap in Math
(2024) In Journal of Human Resources 59(6). p.1893-1936- Abstract
This work investigates the interaction between cultural norms and neighborhood characteristics, in the context of the gender gap in math. Using high-quality Swedish administrative data, I estimate the effect of mothers’ country-of-origin gender norms on the gender gap in math among second-generation immigrant siblings and exploit a refugee placement policy to obtain random variation in regional characteristics. I find that the sibling gender gap in math increases with cultural gender norms, such that girls with mothers from more gender-traditional cultures perform worse compared to their brothers, but that local labor market gender equality can completely mitigate this cultural norm effect.
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- Bergvall, Sanna LU
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- publishing date
- 2024
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- I21, I24, J15, J16, Z13
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- Journal of Human Resources
- volume
- 59
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 44 pages
- publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
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- scopus:85209890325
- ISSN
- 0022-166X
- DOI
- 10.3368/jhr.0920-11188R2
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- English
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- yes
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abstract = {{<p>This work investigates the interaction between cultural norms and neighborhood characteristics, in the context of the gender gap in math. Using high-quality Swedish administrative data, I estimate the effect of mothers’ country-of-origin gender norms on the gender gap in math among second-generation immigrant siblings and exploit a refugee placement policy to obtain random variation in regional characteristics. I find that the sibling gender gap in math increases with cultural gender norms, such that girls with mothers from more gender-traditional cultures perform worse compared to their brothers, but that local labor market gender equality can completely mitigate this cultural norm effect.</p>}},
author = {{Bergvall, Sanna}},
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keywords = {{I21; I24; J15; J16; Z13}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{6}},
pages = {{1893--1936}},
publisher = {{University of Wisconsin Press}},
series = {{Journal of Human Resources}},
title = {{Cultural Norms and Neighborhood Exposure Impacts on the Gender Gap in Math}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0920-11188R2}},
doi = {{10.3368/jhr.0920-11188R2}},
volume = {{59}},
year = {{2024}},
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