Title Ix and the Spatial Content of Female Employment—Out of the Lab and into the Labor Market

50 Pages Posted: 20 Sep 2016 Last revised: 14 May 2023

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Michael Baker

University of Toronto - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Kirsten Cornelson

University of Toronto

Date Written: September 2016

Abstract

Sports participation is a leading environmental explanation of the male advantage in some spatial skills. We exploit the large increase in females’ high school sports participation due to Title IX to test this hypothesis. We relate Title IX induced increases in females’ sport participation to the spatial content of their occupational employment as captured by Dictionary of Occupational Titles codes, and a test of three dimensional spatial rotation. We find little evidence that this increase in sports participation had an impact on either of these measures.

Suggested Citation

Baker, Michael and Cornelson, Kirsten, Title Ix and the Spatial Content of Female Employment—Out of the Lab and into the Labor Market (September 2016). NBER Working Paper No. w22641, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2840589

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Kirsten Cornelson

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