Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Chu, Shuai Author-Email: chushuai1993@126.com Author-Workplace-Name: Renmin University of China and Global Labor Organization. Author-Name: Zeng, Xiangquan Author-Email: zengxq@ruc.edu.cn Author-Workplace-Name: Renmin University of China and Global Labor Organization. Author-Name: Zimmermann, Klaus F. Author-Email: zimmermann@merit.unu.edu Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, CEPR and Global Labor Organization Title: Parental gender stereotypes and student wellbeing in China Abstract: Non-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. Classification-JEL: I12, I26, I31, J16, O15 Keywords: Gender identity, gender stereotypes, student wellbeing, non-cognitive abilities, mental health, subjective wellbeing Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers Creation-Date: 20201118 Number: 2020-052 File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2020/wp2020-052.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Size: 275 Kb Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2020052