Martin Neugebauer|Marcel Helbig|Andreas Landmann
Unmasking the Myth of the Same-Sex Teacher Advantage
University of Mannheim|DIPF  Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education|Mannheim Centre for European Social Research|DIPF  Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education|WZB Berlin Social Science Center|DIPF  Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education|University of Mannheim
trend statistics reveal striking reversal gender gap favoured males girls surpassed boys many aspects educational systemat time share female teachers grown almost countries western worldthere ongoing contentious debate whether gender teacher account part growing educational disadvantage malesin study use largescale data iglue expansion pirls germany estimate whether causal effect samesex teacher student outcomeswe estimate effects typical female subjects typical male subjects well different student outcomes objective test scores subjective teachers gradeswe find virtually evidence benefit samesex teacher neither boys girlsthese findings suggest popular call male teachers primary school key tackle growing disadvantage boys