Gender differences in the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines are widespread in most OECD … gender gap using OLS regression and school fixed-effect models for each grade separately. Our results show that girls … countries and mathematics is the only subject where typically girls tend to underperform with respect to boys. This paper …

solving. We evaluate the causal effect of the intervention on the gender gap in mathematics in Italy with a randomized …We implement a teaching methodology aimed at improving primary school children's mathematical skills. The methodology … the math gender gap by more than 40%. The effect is stronger for girls with high pre-test scores. …

and the gender test score gap in mathematics. We employ a novel two-stage empirical strategy in which the first stage … involves decomposing the gender mathematics gap into a part that is explained by gender differences in observable …Using data from the 2012 PISA across 56 countries, this study examines the link between societal gender inequalities …

resilient and pervasive gender gaps in modern societies: mathematics. Using the German division as a natural experiment, we show …This paper argues that the socialist episode in East Germany, which constituted a radical experiment in gender equality … in the labor market and other instances, has left persistent tracks on gender norms. We focus on one of the most …

Our objective is to analyse the role of teacher and school quality to explain differences in students' educational … methods in order to identify the role of these factors for different groups of students. Our results show that school and …

Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude … results suggest that a sizable improvement in gender attitudes would yield important gains for females, but substantial gains …

While gender gaps in average math performance are close to zero in developed countries, women are still strongly … wide range of societal inequalities that are not directly related to gender. It is also observed in other parts of the … science and reading. Such findings highlight how differences in socio-economic and cultural factors can affect gender gaps in …

confirm that objective mathematics abilities only explain a small share of the gender gap in self-assessed mathematics …. Gender-biased parental assessments explain a large part of the gender gap in mathematics self-assessment, highlighting the …It is well established that boys perceive themselves to be better in mathematics than girls, even when their ability is …

In this paper, we study how classmate gender composition matters for students in Ethiopia. We base our results on a … asymmetry: males do not and females do benefit from exposure to more female classmates with less school absence and improvement … class, and in general, that the effects of classmate gender composition are consistent with social interaction effects. …

The so-called "gender-equality paradox" is the fact that gender segregation across occupations is more pronounced in … or intrinsic gender differences in preferences that materialize more easily in countries where economic constraints are …-country differences in essentialist gender norms regarding math aptitudes and appropriate occupational choices. To this aim, we propose a …