Do gender stereotypes reduce girls' or boys' human capital outcomes? Evidence from a natural experiment

SamaelET · 2022-02-02T00:23:45+00:00

on the basis of a natural experiment that compared two evaluations of student performance–a blind score and a non-blind score–the difference estimated strongly suggests a bias against boys. The direction of the bias wasreplicated in all nine subjects of study, in humanities andsciencesubjects alike, at various levelof curriculum of study, among underperforming and best-performing students, in schools where girls outperform boys on average, and in schools where boys outperform girls on average. Lindahl (2006) adopts a similar methodology and finds supporting evidence from national tests in Sweden that boys seem to be discriminated against in final tests, compared to girls. The bias against boys persisted when other interactions with the non-blind score were allowed, e.g., interactions with parental schooling and other student characteristics.

The magnitude of the grading bias against male students is relatively large and may harm students firstly by causing their final scores on some matriculation exams to fall below the passing mark and, thereby, by disqualifying them for a matriculation certificate. This may bar students from post-secondary schooling, at least temporarily, implying lower schooling attainment. Secondly, since admissiontomostuniversity departmentsinIsrael isbasedsolelyontheaveragescore onthematriculationexams, the bias against boys lowers their average matriculation score and, by so doing, may reduce boys' prospects of admission to their preferred fields of study. Both effects have negative future labor-market consequences.

After that, he goes on about how it really is sexist against girls :

In fact, it can be argued that the evidence of teachers male bias in grading tests could be consistent with teachers being tougher on boys because they have higher expectations for them. The tougher grades could also be viewed as a way to give male students stronger incentives to study harder in the future.

More concerned with protecting their narrative than with boys being discriminated against...

Title	Do gender stereotypes reduce girls' or boys' human capital outcomes? Evidence from a natural experiment
Author	SamaelET
Upvotes	11
Comments	3
Date	February 2, 2022 12:20 AM UTC (4 years ago)
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