Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52453 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3592
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We study the effects of random assignment to coeducational and single-sex classes on the academic performance of female high school students. Our estimation results show that single-sex schooling improves the performance of female students in mathematics. This positive effect increases if the single-sex class is taught by a male teacher. An accompanying survey reveals that single-sex schooling also strengthens female students' self-confidence and renders the self-assessment of their mathematics skills more level-headed. Single-sex schooling thus has profound implications for human capital formation and the mind-set of female students.
Subjects: 
gender math gap
single-sex education
coeducation
natural experiment
JEL: 
I21
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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