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 … endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries’ general level of gender (in …

, and whether these effects differ by gender. Using detailed students' data from an Italian university, combined with … students who acquire citizenship, particularly among males, leading to a reduction in gender gaps. Moreover, gender gaps are … smaller and show a more pronounced decrease with citizenship as gender inequality in countries increases. Results are …

-country difference-in-differences framework. We find strong evidence that early tracking increases gender differences in reading. For …On average, boys score higher on math achievement tests and girls score higher in reading; these gaps increase between … primary and secondary school. Using PISA, PIRLS, and TIMSS data, we investigate the role of early educational tracking …

Cross-country differences in the gender gap of higher education attainment are large. In this paper, we study the role … of gender norms for this particular gender gap. To isolate the effect of gender norms from institutional and economic …'s degree. We measure gender norms using economic outcomes as well as beliefs prevailing in the migrants' parents' country of …

Gender differences in the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines are widespread in most OECD … countries and mathematics is the only subject where typically girls tend to underperform with respect to boys. This paper … describes the gender gap in math test scores in Italy, which is one of the countries displaying the largest differential between …

mathematics. In this paper, we document several features of their relative performance. First, we note that the gender gap appears … teacher gender) help explain a substantial portion of the gap. While none of these explanations help in explaining a large … portion of the gender gap, we show that boys and girls differ significantly in perceptions about their own ability in math …

and reading gender gaps. We use rich administrative data from Chile, that allows us to follow teachers through different …This paper assesses the effect of teachers on the gender gap in student test scores. It combines different empirical … reduce the gender gap in math by 16.9%. The reduction in the math gender gap is greater in voucher schools (16.1%), among …

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 … endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries' general level of gender (in …

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 … endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries' general level of gender (in …