Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India
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| Tarun Jain (IIMA) | |
| Tuesday 20 October 2020 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Hong Kong time, GMT +8) | |
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Societal norms about gender roles contribute to the economic disadvantages facing women in many developing countries. This paper evaluates a school-based intervention in India that engaged adolescents in classroom discussions about gender equality for two and a half years with the goal of eroding their support for restrictive gender norms. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that the program made attitudes 0.18 standard deviations more supportive of gender equality, or, equivalently, converted 16% of participants' regressive views. In addition, self-reported behavior became more aligned with progressive gender norms, particularly among boys. The effects observed in the short run were still present two years after the program had ended.
This paper is co-authored with Diva Dhar and Seema Jayachandran. More>>
About the Speaker
Tarun Jain (Ph.D. Economics, University of Virginia) is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. His research focuses on understanding causes and consequences of human capital formation (for instance, with education and health), especially in the context of fast-growing developing countries. Gender is a topic of special research interest given that women face persistent barriers in economic advancement. Current research projects include examinations of how peers influence health and educational outcomes, the role of language in educational outcomes, and an evaluation of an innovative school-based gender attitude change program on gender attitudes and outcomes of students. His research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals in economics. He writes frequently for media outlets such as the Economic Times, New Indian Express, Ideas for India, The Hindu and Mint. Visit his personal website >>
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This webinar is part of a series of Zoom events that explores issues in growth and development in India. The series' academic committee consists of Takashi Kurosaki (Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study), Pushkar Maitra (Monash University and Sujata Visaria (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology).
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