School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement
利用佛罗里达州出生和学校行政记录，通过对比同校的异性兄弟姐妹，发现男孩比女孩从高质量学校的累积暴露中获益更多，影响包括中学考试成绩、缺勤和停学。
Recent evidence indicates that boys and girls are differently affected by the quantity and quality of family inputs received in childhood. We assess whether this is also true for schooling inputs. Using matched Florida birth and school administrative records, we estimate the causal effect of school quality on the gender gap in educational outcomes by contrasting opposite-sex siblings who attend the same sets of schools--thereby purging family heterogeneity--and leveraging within-family variation in school quality arising from family moves. Investigating middle school test scores, absences and suspensions, we find that boys benefit more than girls from cumulative exposure to higher quality schools.