UNU-MERIT Working Papers Series
Parental gender stereotypes and student wellbeing in China
Shuai Chu, Xiangquan Zeng & Klaus F. Zimmermann #2020-052Non-cognitive abilities are supposed to affect students' educational
performance, who are challenged by parental expectations and norms.
Parental gender stereotypes are shown to strongly decrease student
wellbeing in China. Students are strongly more depressed, feeling blue,
unhappy, not enjoying life and sad with no male-female differences while
parental education does not matter.
Keywords: Gender identity, gender stereotypes, student wellbeing,
non-cognitive abilities, mental health, subjective wellbeing
JEL Classification: I12, I26, I31, J16
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