Table 8

Impact of Female Teachers on the Learning Gains of Female Students Using Teacher Fixed Effects

Dependent Variable: Normalized Test Scores
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Across SubjectsMathLanguage
(β1) Female student * female teacher0.0357***
(0.00807)		0.0347***
(0.00807)		0.0337***
(0.00919)		0.0314***
(0.00921)		0.0377***
(0.00909)		0.0375**
(0.00909)
(β2) Female student−0.0127**
(0.00554)		−0.0420***
(0.00628)		0.0122*
(0.00624)
Observations268,548268,548133,907133,907134,641134,641
Teacher fixed effectsYesYesYesYesYesYes
Grade fixed effects by student genderNoYesNoYesNoYes

  • Notes: Regressions include student’s previous year’s test score as an independent variable. Standard errors (in parentheses) are clustered at the school-year level. Significance levels are as follows:

  • ↵* p < 0.10,

  • ↵** p < 0.05,

  • ↵*** p < 0.01.