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 …

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 …

We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the …, we find that over the 1861-1901 period family structure is a driver of the education gender gap, with a higher female to …

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 …

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 …

Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went … countries. Relying on panel estimation with country fixed effects, we identify the effect of school autonomy from within …-country changes in the average share of schools with autonomy over key elements of school operations. Our results show that autonomy …

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 …

We study the correlation between parental gender attitudes and the performance in mathematics of girls using two … when we study the correlations between girls' performance in mathematics and maternal gender role attitudes, using evidence … the observed gender disparities in mathematics performance and document that maternal gender attitudes correlate with …

Detecting gender discrimination among children in the intra-household allocation of goods from household surveys has … often proven to be difficult. This paper uses some of the commonly used techniques in this field to analyze education …-India level are robust to the statistical method and the education expenditure measure, while they are more sensitive to changes …

We investigate the historical determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in the late nineteenth century … twenty-year sub-samples covering the 1861-1901 period. We find robust evidence that female primary school attainment … Italian cities among themselves and with the rest of the world. The effect of medieval commerce is particularly strong at the …