Using student survey data from six US school districts, we estimate how assignment to a
demographically similar teacher affects student reports of personal effort, happiness in class …

Researchers from economics, sociology, psychology, and other disciplines have studied the
persistent under-representation of women in science, technology, engineering, and …

Previous research suggests that there are academic benefits when students and teachers
share the same race/ethnicity because such teachers can serve as role models, mentors …

It has become widely accepted that teachers are important in facilitating student learning.
Hundreds of empirical studies have tried to explain differences in student performance by …

The underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) fields is problematic given the economic and social inequities it fosters and the …

This paper examines the role of teacher gender in education production. We extend student
outcomes from traditionally focused academic achievement to noncognitive outcomes …

Using data from a randomized experiment, we find that having a female teacher lowers the
math test scores of female primary school students in disadvantaged neighborhoods …

We study gender gaps in learning and the effectiveness of female teachers in reducing them
using a large, representative, annual panel data set from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh …

This paper shows that high school math and science teacher gender affects student interest
and self-efficacy in STEM. However, such effects become insignificant once teacher …

I present new evidence on the effects of having a same-sex or same-race teacher on two
salient outcomes: teacher expectations for postsecondary attainment and teacher …