Does single-sex schooling help or hurt labor market outcomes? Evidence from a natural experiment in South Korea

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lee, Youngju; Nakazawa, Nobuhiko
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California San Diego; Hitotsubashi University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104729
• 发表日期: 2022
• 关键词: Single-sex high school; Randomized natural experiment; Labor market outcomes; Long-term effects

摘要

In this study, we investigate the effects of graduating from a single-sex high school on future labor mar-ket outcomes through the use of a randomized natural experiment. South Korean students are randomly assigned, by lottery, to single-sex or coeducational schools in their school districts. Using a large set of individual-level panel data, we find that graduating from single-sex schools significantly decreases females & rsquo; future earnings after graduation. In contrast, single-sex education positively affects males & rsquo; future earnings, although the estimates are noisy. We explore the potential mechanisms behind these asymmet-ric treatment effects, including career choice and postgraduation network effects. We do not find signif-icant effects on other outcomes. (c)& nbsp; 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.