TY - JOUR T1 - Teachers and the Gender Gaps in Student Achievement JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 528 LP - 554 DO - 10.3368/jhr.XLII.3.528 VL - XLII IS - 3 AU - Thomas S. Dee Y1 - 2007/07/01 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XLII/3/528.abstract N2 - A prominent class of explanations for the gender gaps in student outcomes focuses on the interactions between students and teachers. In this study, I examine whether assignment to a same-gender teacher influences student achievement, teacher perceptions of student performance, and student engagement. This study’s identification strategy exploits a unique matchedpairs feature of a major longitudinal study, which provides contemporaneous data on student outcomes in two different subjects. Within-student comparisons indicate that assignment to a same-gender teacher significantly improves the achievement of both girls and boys as well as teacher perceptions of student performance and student engagement with the teacher’s subject. ER -