@article{9f412983de6549f8aa9b46cb674e6c6b,
title = "The asymmetric gender effects of high flyers",
abstract = "Using longitudinal information on a representative sample of U.S. students, we study the effects of exposure to female and male high flyers in high school. We identify a causal effect by exploiting quasi-random variation to peers with highly-educated parents across grades within a school. Greater exposure to male high flyers decreases the likelihood that women obtain a bachelor's degree, lowers their math and science grades, decreases their LFP and increases fertility. They show lower levels of self-confidence/aspirations. The effects are found for girls with below median ability and for those with at least one college-educated parent. There are no effects of high flyers of either gender on boys.",
keywords = "Cohort study, Education, Gender, High flyers, Peers",
author = "Angela Cools and Raquel Fern{\'a}ndez and Eleonora Patacchini",
note = "Funding Information: Cools: Davidson College; Fern{\'a}ndez: NYU, NBER, CEPR, and IZA; Patacchini: Cornell University, EIEF, CEPR, and IZA. Fern{\'a}ndez thanks the CV Starr Center for financial support. This is a substantially revised version of an earlier working paper. We thank for helpful comments seminar audiences at the Universidad de San Andres, the CEPR Gender Economics Series,the 8th Development Conference of Santiago, Chile, the ESOP conference of Oslo University, the Gender and Labor Market Conference at U. of Chicago, the SEHO Conference, the Catalan Economic Society Conference, CUNY, Wake Forest University, and the SEA Conference. Funding Information: ☆ Cools: Davidson College; Fern{\'a}ndez: NYU, NBER, CEPR, and IZA; Patacchini: Cornell University, EIEF, CEPR, and IZA. Fern{\'a}ndez thanks the CV Starr Center for financial support. This is a substantially revised version of an earlier working paper. We thank for helpful comments seminar audiences at the Universidad de San Andres, the CEPR Gender Economics Series,the 8th Development Conference of Santiago, Chile, the ESOP conference of Oslo University, the Gender and Labor Market Conference at U. of Chicago, the SEHO Conference, the Catalan Economic Society Conference, CUNY, Wake Forest University, and the SEA Conference. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2022",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102287",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "79",
journal = "Labour Economics",
issn = "0927-5371",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
}