Arbeitspapier
The gender gap in mathematics: Evidence from a middle-income country
Using a large administrative data set from Chile, we find that, on average, boys perform better than girls in mathematics. In this paper, we document several features of their relative performance. First, we note that the gender gap appears to increase with age (it doubles between fourth grade and eighth grade). Second, we test whether commonly proposed explanations such as parental background and investment in the child, unobserved ability, and classroom environment (including 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. Conditional on math scores, girls are much more likely to state that they dislike math, or find math difficult, compared to boys. We highlight differences in self-assessed ability as areas for future research that might lead to a better understanding of the gender gap in math.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Staff Report ; No. 721
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health, Education, and Welfare: General
Education and Economic Development
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- Thema
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gender gap
education
middle-income countries
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bharadwaj, Prashant
De Giorgi, Giacomo
Hansen, David
Neilson, Christopher
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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New York, NY
- (wann)
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2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bharadwaj, Prashant
- De Giorgi, Giacomo
- Hansen, David
- Neilson, Christopher
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Entstanden
- 2015
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