Gender differences in the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines are widespread in most OECD … describes the gender gap in math test scores in Italy, which is one of the countries displaying the largest differential between … gender gap using OLS regression and school fixed-effect models for each grade separately. Our results show that girls …

-sex matches reduce unfairness caused by gender discrimination. …

solving. We evaluate the causal effect of the intervention on the gender gap in mathematics in Italy with a randomized … the math gender gap by more than 40%. The effect is stronger for girls with high pre-test scores. …

assessments, and characteristics of their families and siblings, we examine potential channels of the gender gap. Our results … 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 …

assessments, and characteristics of their families and siblings, we examine potential channels of the gender gap. Our results … 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 …

relevant for children who do not go on to university and can help to understand gender segregation in low and middle … explains the gender gap for the children with low educated parents, it explains part of the gender gap observed for children …

This paper investigates whether gender-matching school environments can improve girls' interest and motivation in … science. Using the PISA data from South Korea, the empirical results of this paper show that gender-matching school … corroborate that gender-matching school environments can be a useful policy instrument that promotes female talent in STEM fields …

Gender-matching school environments may provide benefits for girls to enhance their performance. By using PISA data … from South Korea, this paper suggests that the effects of single-sex schooling and a student-teacher's gender matching are … heterogeneous across different student groups. The gender-matching school environments are most positive to non-cognitive outcomes …