Culture, Gender, and Math

By Luigi Guiso, F. Monte, Paola Sapienza, Luigi Zingales. Science, 2008

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Subfields: Education, Safety Research, Statistics and Probability

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Gender Stereotypes in the Classroom and Effects on Achievement (2017, background): “These results indicate that the personal views of the elementary school teacher may play an important role in mitigating or widening gender achievement gaps, particularly in countries where pervasive gender inequality has been found to contribute to differences in math performance across gender (Gui”
A Female Style in Corporate Leadership? Evidence from Quotas (2013, neutral): “Nordic countries are highly 38 ranked in international comparisons of gender equality (e.g., Guiso et al. 2008); the effects of gender quotas may be larger in countries with more traditional gender roles or less public commitment to gender equality.”
Beliefs about Gender (2019, methodology): “2009; Eccles, Jacobs, and Harold 1990; Guiso et al. 2008; Carrell, Page, and West 2010; Reuben, Sapienza, and Zingales 2014; Bohren, Imas, and Rosenberg 2017). However, because beliefs are influenced by other factors, such as overconfidence, misestimation of probabilities, and self-image concerns, i”
Let the Girls Learn! It is Not Only About Math… It's About Gender Social Norms (2018, methodology): “5 Even though girls’ better reading skills are well known in the literature (Guiso et al., 2008), less is known about gender relative performance and science-test scores.”
The Gender Effect in Risky Asset Holdings (2012, background): “This idea is motivated by the observation that the gender gap in mathematical test scores in school disappears in countries with a more gender-equal culture (Guiso et al., 2008).”
Gender Gap in Performance under Competitive Pressure: Admissions to Czech Universities (2011, result): “and Luigi Zingales.”
Top of the Class: The Importance of Ordinal Rank (2018, positive): “We will argue that this highlights an undiscovered channel that contributes to the well-documented gender gaps in the STEM subjects and the consequential labor market outcomes (Guiso et al., 2008; Joensen and Nielsen, 2009; Bertrand et al., 2010).”