Abstract
Boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of disciplinary problems, lower achievement scores, and fewer high school completions than girls from comparable backgrounds. Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992-2002, we find that family disadvantage disproportionately impedes the pre-market development of boys. The differential effect of family disadvantage on boys is robust to specifications within schools and neighborhoods as well as across siblings within families. Evidence supports that this is the effect of the postnatal environment; family disadvantage is unrelated to the gender gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 338-381 |
| Number of pages | 44 |
| Journal | American Economic Journal: Applied Economics |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2019 |
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Family disadvantage and the gender gap in behavioral and educational outcomes. / Autor, David; Figlio, David N; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Roth, Jeffrey; Wasserman, Melanie.
In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 11, No. 3, 01.07.2019, p. 338-381.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Family disadvantage and the gender gap in behavioral and educational outcomes
AU - Autor, David
AU - Figlio, David N
AU - Karbownik, Krzysztof
AU - Roth, Jeffrey
AU - Wasserman, Melanie
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of disciplinary problems, lower achievement scores, and fewer high school completions than girls from comparable backgrounds. Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992-2002, we find that family disadvantage disproportionately impedes the pre-market development of boys. The differential effect of family disadvantage on boys is robust to specifications within schools and neighborhoods as well as across siblings within families. Evidence supports that this is the effect of the postnatal environment; family disadvantage is unrelated to the gender gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families.
AB - Boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of disciplinary problems, lower achievement scores, and fewer high school completions than girls from comparable backgrounds. Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992-2002, we find that family disadvantage disproportionately impedes the pre-market development of boys. The differential effect of family disadvantage on boys is robust to specifications within schools and neighborhoods as well as across siblings within families. Evidence supports that this is the effect of the postnatal environment; family disadvantage is unrelated to the gender gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in substantial part because black children are raised in more disadvantaged families.
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