Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP15497
Authors: Shuai Chu; Xiangquan Zeng; Klaus F. Zimmermann
Abstract: Non-cognitive abilities are supposed to affect student's educational performance, who are challenged by parental expectations and norms. Parental gender stereotypes are shown to strongly decrease student wellbeing in China. Students are strongly more depressed, feeling blue, unhappy, not enjoying life and sad with no male-female differences while parental education does not matter.
Keywords: gender identity; gender stereotypes; student wellbeing; noncognitive abilities; mental health; subjective wellbeing
JEL Codes: I12; I26; I31; J16
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Parental gender stereotypes (J16) | Student wellbeing (I31) |
| Parental education (I24) | Student wellbeing (I31) |