Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes

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作者
Autor, David [1 ,2 ]
Figlio, David [2 ,3 ]
Karbownik, Krzysztof [2 ,4 ]
Roth, Jeffrey [5 ]
Wasserman, Melanie [6 ]
机构
[1] MIT, Dept Econ, 50 Mem Dr,E52-438, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
[2] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Northwestern Univ, Sch Educ & Social Policy, 2120 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
[4] Emory Univ, Dept Econ, 1602 Fishburne Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
[5] Univ Florida, 1701 SW 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32608 USA
[6] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Sch Management, 110 Westwood Plaza,C521, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
LABOR-MARKET; SCHOOLING ATTAINMENT; SEX-RATIO; NEIGHBORHOOD; HEALTH; BIRTH; ENVIRONMENT; IMPACTS; OPPORTUNITY; DISPARITIES;
D O I
10.1257/app.20170571
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
020101 [政治经济学];
摘要
Boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of disciplinary problems, lower achievement scores, and fewer high school completions than girls from comparable backgrounds. Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992-2002, we find that family disadvantage disproportionately impedes the pre-market development of boys. The differential effect of family disadvantage on boys is robust to specifications within schools and neighborhoods as well as across siblings within families. Evidence supports that this is the effect of the postnatal environment; family disadvantage is unrelated to the gender gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families.
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页码:338 / 381
页数:44
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