Plausibly Exogenous [1586] - Gender Stereotypes (06/06/2024)

LHS Variable
Human capital outcomes

RHS Variable
Gender stereotypes

Source of Exogenous Variation
Rules that are used in Israel to determine scores in matriculation subjects: this testing protocol elicits two scores, a blind and a non blind score, both of which are meant to measure the student's knowledge of the same material

- Lavy (2008), “Do gender stereotypes reduce girls' or boys' human capital outcomes? Evidence from a natural experiment”