Academic Performance and Single-Sex Schooling:Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland

We study the effects of random assignment to coeducational andsingle-sex classes on the academic performance of female highschool students. Our estimation results show that single-sexschooling improves the performance of female students inmathematics. This positive effect increases if the single-sex class istaught by a male teacher. An accompanying survey reveals thatsingle-sex schooling also strengthens female students’ selfconfidenceand renders the self-assessment of their mathematicsskills more level-headed. Single-sex schooling thus has profoundimplications for human capital formation and the mind-set offemale students.

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Year of publication:	2011-09-01
Authors:	Eisenkopf, Gerald
Institutions:	Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut <Kreuzlingen>
Subject:	Leistungsmessung \| Bildungspolitik \| Educational policy \| Politique d'enseignement \| Empirische Forschung \| empirical research \| Bildung \| education \| éducation

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Extent:	38 p. 1333,07 p. application/pdf
Series:	Thurgauer Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - Research Paper Series Nr. 69(2011)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	I21 - Analysis of Education ; J16 - Economics of Gender ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; Switzerland
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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