A professor like me: The influence of instructor gender on college achievement

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 479-494

  Hoffman, Florian ^a   Oreopoulos, Philip ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER ROLE; HIGHER EDUCATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATION; STUDENT;

EID: 67649373075     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.44.2.479     Document Type: Article

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