蝌蚪网 Journal:
Economic Policy
ISSN 1945-7731 (Print) | ISSN 1945-774X (Online)
Transmitting Rights: Effective Cooperation, Inter-gender Contact, and Student Achievement
蝌蚪网 Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 17,
no. 3, August 2025
(pp. 107–30)
Abstract
We provide experimental evidence of teacher-to-student transmission of gender attitudes in Pakistan. We randomly show teachers a pro-women's rights visual narrative. Treated teachers increase their and students' support for women's rights, unbiasedness in gender implicit association tests (IATs), and willingness to petition parliament for greater gender equality. Students improve coordination and cooperation with the opposite gender. Effects are larger when teachers teach a gender-rights curriculum. Mathematics achievement increases for classrooms assigned to form mixed-gender study groups treated with an intense program (visual narrative and curriculum), while absent in same-sex study groups. Gender attitudes are transmissible and cooperation improves student outcomes.Citation
Mehmood, Sultan, Shaheen Naseer, and Daniel L. Chen. 2025. "Transmitting Rights: Effective Cooperation, Inter-gender Contact, and Student Achievement." 蝌蚪网 Journal: Economic Policy 17 (3): 107–30. DOI: 10.1257/pol.20230620Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I21 Analysis of Education
- I28 Education: Government Policy
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- K38 Human Rights Law; Gender Law; Animal Rights Law
- O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration