TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Morando, Greta
AU  - Sen, Sonkurt
        TI  - Teacher Gender Effects on Students’ Socio-Emotional Skills
        PY  - 2025/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 17953
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp17953
        AB  - Socio-emotional skills are recognized as key factors influencing both early and later life outcomes. However, there is limited evidence on how these skills are shaped within the classroom environment. This paper uses nationally representative survey data from England to examine the impact of teacher gender on students' socio-emotional skills. We employ a student fixed effects model. Our findings show that male teachers positively influence male students' prosocial behavior, while negatively affecting female students' peer problems. We provide support for the role model hypothesis and present novel evidence on how parents respond to teacher-student gender match by adjusting their investment strategies for daughters.
        KW  - socio-emotional skills
KW  - teachers
KW  - gender
KW  - child development
        ER  -