We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … 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 …

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … 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 …

It is well established that female students perform better when taught by female professors. However, little is known … about the mechanisms explaining these gender match effects. Using administrative records from a German public university …, which cover all programs and courses between 2006 and 2018, we show that gender match effects are sizable in smaller classes …

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … 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 …

This paper explores how non-college occupations contributed to the gender gap in college enrollment, where women …

This paper explores how non-college occupations contributed to the gender gap in college enrollment, where women …

admission scores, driven by students expected to be at the top. The effect on admission scores does not affect enrolment, but … the percentage of female students in the most selective degrees declines, along with their career prospects. Using data on … college performance of pre-reform cohorts, we find that female students most likely to lose from the reform tend to do better …

-by university opening, closing the local gender gap in university education by about 72%. Third, I provide evidence that local …