The Math Gender Gap: The Role of Culture

  • Natalia Nollenberger
    IE Business School, IE University, Calle de María de Molina, 11-15, 28006 Madrid, Spain (e-mail: )
  • Núria Rodríguez-Planas
    Economic Department, City University of New York (CUNY), Queens College, Powdermaker Hall, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, NY 11367 (e-mail: )
  • Almudena Sevilla
    School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS (e-mail: )

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公開日
2016-05-01
DOI
  • 10.1257/aer.p20161121
公開者
American Economic Association

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<jats:p> This paper investigates the effect of gender-related culture on the math gender gap by analysing math test scores of second-generation immigrants, who are all exposed to a common set of host country laws and institutions. We find that immigrant girls whose parents come from more gender-equal countries perform better (relative to similar boys) than immigrant girls whose parents come from less gender-equal countries, suggesting an important role of cultural beliefs on the role of women in society on the math gender gap. The transmission of cultural beliefs accounts for at least two thirds of the overall contribution of gender-related factors. </jats:p>

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