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The educational attainment of young women: Role model effects of female high school faculty

Author(s) -

Lucia Nixon,

Michael D. Robinson

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2648107

Subject(s) - educational attainment , young adult , psychology , longitudinal study , professional development , gerontology , medicine , developmental psychology , pedagogy , political science , pathology , law

To test for the presence of role model effects of female high school faculty and professional staff on young women in high school, we estimate several models of educational attainment for young women using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Exposure to female high school faculty and professional staff has a positive impact on the educational attainment of young women. This result, combined with our finding that female faculty and professional staff have no significant impact on the educational attainment of young men, supports a female role model hypothesis.

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