In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls’ disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the …)equality also contributes to girls’ disadvantage. For reading, at the upper end of the talent distribution, girls’ advantage can be …

(SOEP) was conducted to analyse how daily reading out at the age of six years and reading at the age of ten years affect … relationship, it was controlled for the family background of the children, since this can influence reading behaviour as well as … for daily reading at the age of six. However, due to the large measurement inaccuracy, it cannot be completely ruled out …