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Coeducation, academic performance, and subject choice: evidence from quasi-random classroom assignments

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I study the effect of coeducation on academic performance and science course enrollment using student-level data from a South Korean high school that, at the beginning of each academic year, quasi-randomly assigned students to either single-sex or coeducation classrooms. This paper presents two main findings. First, among girls with high achievements in Korean, coeducation increases the Korean exam scores by 0.11 standard deviations. Second, coeducation increases a girl's probability of enrolling in Physics, a math-intensive and boy-dominated science subject, by 71%, and increases a boy's probability of taking Biology by 34%.

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  • Sangyoon Park, 2018. "Coeducation, academic performance, and subject choice: evidence from quasi-random classroom assignments," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(6), pages 574-592, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:edecon:v:26:y:2018:i:6:p:574-592
    DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2018.1515310
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    1. Ulf Zölitz & Jan Feld, 2021. "The Effect of Peer Gender on Major Choice in Business School," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 67(11), pages 6963-6979, November.

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