TY - JOUR T1 - The Impact of Advisor Gender on Female Students’ STEM Enrollment and Persistence JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 593 LP - 632 DO - 10.3368/jhr.58.4.0320-10796R2 VL - 58 IS - 2 AU - Serena Canaan AU - Pierre Mouganie Y1 - 2023/03/01 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/58/2/593.abstract N2 - To reduce the gender gap in science fields, policymakers often propose providing women with mentoring by female scientists. However, there is no clear evidence on whether one-on-one mentor gender influences women’s STEM participation. We exploit a unique setting where students are randomly assigned to academic advisors—who are also faculty members—in their freshman year of college. Advisors help students select courses and decide on a major. We find that having a female rather than a male science advisor substantially increases the likelihood that women enroll and graduate with STEM degrees. A nonscience advisor’s gender has no impact on students’ major choice. ER -