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The educational attainment of young women: Role model effects of female high school faculty

Published:1999-05-01 Issue:2 Volume:36 Page:185-194
ISSN:0070-3370
Container-title:Demography
language:en
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Author:

Nixon Lucia A.¹,Robinson Michael D.²

Affiliation:

1. Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Washington, DC

2. Department of Economics, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075

Abstract

Abstract To test for the presence of role model effects of female high school faculty and professional staff on young women in high school, we estimate several models of educational attainment for young women using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Exposure to female high school faculty and professional staff has a positive impact on the educational attainment of young women. This result, combined with our finding that female faculty and professional staff have no significant impact on the educational attainment of young men, supports a female role model hypothesis.

Publisher

Duke University Press

Subject

Demography

Link

http://read.dukeupress.edu/demography/article-pdf/36/2/185/886561/185nixon.pdf

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