PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Bergvall, Sanna TI - Cultural Norms and Neighborhood Exposure: Impacts on the Gender Gap in Math AID - 10.3368/jhr.0920-11188R2 DP - 2022 Jun 10 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 0920-11188R2 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/06/01/jhr.0920-11188R2.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/06/01/jhr.0920-11188R2.full AB - This paper investigates the interaction between cultural norms and neighborhood characteristics, in the context of the gender gap in math. Using high-quality Swedish administrative data, I estimate the effect of mothers’ country-of-origin gender norms on the gender gap in math among second-generation immigrant siblings, and exploit a refugee placement policy to obtain random variation in regional characteristics. I find that the sibling gender gap in math increases with cultural gender norms, such that girls with mothers from more gender-traditional cultures perform worse compared to their brothers, but that local labor market gender equality can completely mitigate this cultural norm effect.