蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings
ISSN 2574-0768 (Print) | ISSN 2574-0776 (Online)
Do Male and Female Students Use Networks Differently?
蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings
(pp. 154–58)
Abstract
Gender differences in professional networks have been shown to contribute to men and women's disparate labor market outcomes. This gap could be due to differences in network access, differences in network usage, or both. Using novel administrative data from a student-alumni professional networking website, we study gender differences in student network usage, holding network access fixed. Focusing on messages sent by students to alumni, we document that male and female students network similarly, in terms of both the number of messages sent and the specific questions asked. Furthermore, there are only small gender differences in question tone.Citation
Gallen, Yana, and Melanie Wasserman. 2021. "Do Male and Female Students Use Networks Differently?" 蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings 111: 154–58. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20211023Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
- I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions