Table 4.
Comparing STEM and Non-STEM Outcomes with Subject-Specific Male Teacher Ratios (CSAT)
| General-Math Test Scores (1) |
Science-Math Test Scores (2) |
Choice of Science-Math Test (3) |
Korean Test Score (4) |
English Test Scores (5) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel A. Girls | ||||||||||
| All-girls schools (vs. coed) | 0.048 (0.044) | 0.043 (0.046) | 0.046 (0.047) | 0.039 (0.049) | 0.048 (−0.044) | 0.043 (0.046) | 0.033 (0.037) | 0.024 (0.039) | 0.048 (0.049) | 0.037 (0.050) |
| Private schools (vs. public) | 0.030 (0.045) | 0.038 (0.048) | −0.036 (0.053) | −0.024 (0.053) | 0.030 (−0.045) | 0.038 (0.048) | 0.031 (0.037) | 0.047 (0.043) | 0.033 (0.051) | 0.054 (0.056) |
| Proportion of male teachers | −0.035 (0.066) | −0.049 (0.086) | −0.035 (0.066) | −0.066 (0.067) | −0.099 (0.086) | |||||
| Constant | 0.005 (0.082) | 0.022 (0.088) | 0.099 (0.097) | 0.123 (0.105) | 0.005 (0.082) | 0.022 (0.088) | 0.157** (0.062) | 0.182*** (0.064) | 0.100 (0.094) | 0.130 (0.098) |
| N | 207,536 | 41,349 | 280,074 | 278,704 | 277,756 | |||||
| Panel B. Boys | ||||||||||
| All-boys schools (vs. coed) | 0.077** (0.033) | 0.058* (0.033) | 0.059 (0.041) | 0.048 (0.042) | 0.081* (0.042) | 0.053 (0.043) | 0.072** (0.034) | 0.052 (0.036) | 0.101** (0.042) | 0.076* (0.041) |
| Private schools (vs. public) | 0.034 (0.037) | −0.005 (0.042) | 0.012 (0.045) | −0.012 (0.049) | 0.035 (0.044) | −0.024 (0.052) | 0.031 (0.040) | −0.002 (0.045) | 0.026 (0.048) | −0.013 (0.057) |
| Proportion of male teachers | 0.152** (0.065) | 0.093 (0.078) | 0.226** (0.102) | 0.106 (0.075) | 0.149 (0.097) | |||||
| Constant | −0.071 (0.057) | −0.152** (0.065) | −0.027 (0.076) | −0.078 (0.086) | −0.583*** (0.075) | −0.706*** (0.094) | −0.104* (0.055) | −0.154** (0.067) | −0.104 (0.076) | −0.165* (0.095) |
| N | 198,290 | 92,337 | 311,994 | 309,233 | 307,661 | |||||
Note : We control for dummy variables for school districts and cohorts but not reported here.
*
significant at 10%
**
significant at 5%
***
significant at 1%.