Arbeitspapier
Gender norms and the gender gap in higher education
Cross-country differences in the gender gap of higher education attainment are large. In this paper, we study the role of gender norms for this particular gender gap. To isolate the effect of gender norms from institutional and economic factors, we investigate the decisions of second-generation immigrants in the United States to achieve at least a bachelor's degree. We measure gender norms using economic outcomes as well as beliefs prevailing in the migrants' parents' country of origin. We find that gender norms explain part of the observed differences in the gender gap in attaining at least a bachelor's degree. There is also a sizable effect of gender norms on gender gaps in higher educational attainment levels, such as a master's degree or a PhD. We confirm the gender norms effect using a sample of siblings, which allows us to hold unobservable and observable household characteristics constant.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ECONtribute Discussion Paper ; No. 253
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Education and Inequality
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
- Thema
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gender gap
tertiary education
gender norms
culture
second-generation migrants
sibling fixed effects
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Huber, Stefanie J.
Paule-Paludkiewicz, Hannah
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI)
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Bonn and Cologne
- (wann)
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2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Huber, Stefanie J.
- Paule-Paludkiewicz, Hannah
- University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Reinhard Selten Institute (RSI)
Entstanden
- 2023
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