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College Gap Time and Academic Outcomes for Women: Evidence from Missionaries

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  • Margaret Marchant

    (Harold B. Lee Library Brigham Young University)

  • Jocelyn S. Wikle

    (School of Family Life Brigham Young University)

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This study leverages a policy change in the missionary program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that exogenously influenced the likelihood that a woman took gap time during college to understand how gap time influences women's subsequent choice of major and academic outcomes. If structured gap time shapes educational outcomes, increasing the uptake of gap time by women may be a mechanism to ameliorate later wage gaps. Using administrative data from Brigham Young University (

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  • Margaret Marchant & Jocelyn S. Wikle, 2024. "College Gap Time and Academic Outcomes for Women: Evidence from Missionaries," Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press, vol. 19(1), pages 143-168, Winter.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:edfpol:v:19:y:2024:i:1:p:143-168
    DOI: 10.1162/edfp_a_00389
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