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Dossi, Gaia; Figlio, David; Giuliano, Paola; Sapienza, Paola – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2019
We study the effect of preferences for boys on the performance in mathematics of girls, using evidence from two different data sources. In our first set of results, we identify families with a preference for boys by using fertility stopping rules in a large population of households whose children attend public schools in Florida. Girls growing up…
Descriptors: Males, Females, Mathematics Achievement, Preferences