Do faculty serve as role models? the impact of instructor gender on female students

American Economic Review

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 152-157

  Bettinger, Eric P ^c   Long, Bridget Terry ^d   Ehrenberg, Ronald ^a   Jacob, Brian ^b   Murnane, Richard ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 33747436224     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282805774670149     Document Type: Article

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