TY - JOUR T1 - Cultural Norms and Neighborhood Exposure: Impacts on the Gender Gap in Math JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour DO - 10.3368/jhr.0920-11188R2 SP - 0920-11188R2 AU - Sanna Bergvall Y1 - 2022/06/10 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2022/06/01/jhr.0920-11188R2.abstract N2 - 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. ER -