Transmitting Rights: Effective Cooperation, Inter-gender Contact, and Student Achievement

A-Tier
Journal: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Year: 2025
Volume: 17
Issue: 3
Pages: 107-30

Authors (3)

Sultan Mehmood (New Economic School (NES)) Shaheen Naseer (not in RePEc) Daniel L. Chen (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

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.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aejpol:v:17:y:2025:i:3:p:107-30
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-26