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Cultural Norms and Neighborhood Exposure: Impacts on the Gender Gap in Math

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  • Sanna Bergvall

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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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  • Sanna Bergvall, 2024. "Cultural Norms and Neighborhood Exposure: Impacts on the Gender Gap in Math," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 59(6), pages 1893-1936.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:59:y:2024:i:6:p:1893-1936
    Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0920-11188R2
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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