Do Role Models Matter in Large Classes? : New Evidence on Gender Match Effects in Higher Education

Maurer, Stephan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon

Do Role Models Matter in Large Classes? : New Evidence on Gender Match Effects in Higher Education

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Date

2023

Authors

Maurer, Stephan

Schwerdt, Guido

Wiederhold, Simon

Series

Working Paper Series / Cluster of Excellence 'The Politics of Inequality'; No 12

Publication type

Working Paper/Technical Report

Publication status

Published

Abstract

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects differ by class size. We use administrative records of a German public university, covering all programs and courses between 2006 and 2018. We find that gender match effects on student performance are sizable in smaller classes, but do not exist in larger classes. This difference suggests that direct and frequent interactions between students and professors are important for the emergence of gender match effects. Instead, the mere fact that one’s professor is female is not sufficient to increase performance of female students.

Subject (DDC)

330 Economics

Keywords

gender gap, role models, tertiary education, professors

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MAURER, Stephan, Guido SCHWERDT, Simon WIEDERHOLD, 2023. Do Role Models Matter in Large Classes? : New Evidence on Gender Match Effects in Higher Education

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