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Explaining the gender gaps in mathematics achievement and attitudes: the role of societal gender equality

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dc.contributor.authorGevrek, Z. Eylem
dc.contributor.authorGevrek, Deniz
dc.contributor.authorNeumeier, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-04T16:15:55Z
dc.date.available2020-05-04T16:15:55Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe gender stratification hypothesis maintains that higher levels of societal gender equity predict smaller gender gaps in mathematics achievement and attitudes. Using data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) across 56 countries, this study aims to provide a thorough empirical test of the gender stratification hypothesis. We employ a novel two-stage empirical strategy to investigate the link between societal gender equities and gender differences in mathematics achievement and attitudes. In the first stage, we use a semiparametric Oaxaca-Blinder (OB) method to decompose the gender gaps in each country into a part that is explained by gender differences in observable characteristics and a part that remains unexplained. In the second stage, we examine the relationships between the unexplained parts of the gender gaps and country-specific gender equity measures. The results highlight the importance of gender equity in the labor market in explaining cross-country variation in the gender math gap. We find that lower gender wage gap is significantly associated with a smaller unexplained part of the gender math gap favoring boys. In terms of the gender gaps in math attitudes, the results yield mixed support for the gender stratification hypothesis.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationGevrek, Z. E., Gevrek, D., Neumeier, C. (2020). Explaining the gender gaps in mathematics achievement and attitudes: The role of societal gender equality. Economics of Education Review, 76pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.101978pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85083253688
dc.identifier.issn0272-7757
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/30504
dc.identifier.wos000536135700001
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.subjectGender math gappt_PT
dc.subjectSemiparametric Oaxaca Blinder decompositionpt_PT
dc.subjectGender stratification hypothesispt_PT
dc.titleExplaining the gender gaps in mathematics achievement and attitudes: the role of societal gender equalitypt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleEconomics of Education Reviewpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume76pt_PT
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person.givenNameZahide Eylem
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