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Beyond the classroom: Using Title IX to measure the return to high school sports
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
|---|---|
| Author | Stevenson, Betsey |
| Abstract | Between 1972 and 1978 U.S. high schools rapidly increased their female athletic participation rates—to approximately the same level as their male athletic participation rates—in order to comply with Title IX, a policy change that provides a unique quasi-experiment in female athletic participation. This paper examines the causal implications of this expansion in female sports participation by using variation in the level of boys’ athletic participation across states before Title IX to instrument for the change in girls ’ athletic participation. Analysis of differences in outcomes across states in changes between pre- and post-cohorts reveals that a 10-percentage point rise in state-level female sports participation generates a 1 percentage point increase in female college attendance and a 1 to 2 percentage point rise in female labor force participation. Furthermore, greater opportunities to play sports leads to greater female participation in previously male-dominated |
| File Format | |
| Journal | The Review of Economics and Statistics |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | High School Sport Using Title Ix Title Ix Post-cohorts Reveals Policy Change Female College Attendance Female Labor Force Participation Female Athletic Participation Rate U.s. High School Boy Athletic Participation State-level Female Sport Participation Girl Athletic Participation Male Athletic Participation Rate 10-percentage Point Rise Female Participation Causal Implication Unique Quasi-experiment Percentage Point Rise Female Sport Participation Female Athletic Participation Percentage Point Increase |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
