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Descriptive stereotypes such as ?girls are not good at mathematics? or prescriptive stereotypes, that is, fixed views about women?s societal roles, can explain the persistent gender gap in mathematics. Stereotypes lower ...Read more...
Pilar Cuevas-Ruiz, Ismael Sanz and Almudena Sevilla
20 September 2023
Previous research has shown that norms around the role of women in society could help explain the gender gap in mathematics and that these norms could be transmitted within the family. Using data from the Florida Departm...Read more...
Gaia Dossi, David Figlio, Paola Giuliano and Paola Sapienza
1 May 2021
We study the effect of preferences for boys on the performance in mathematics of girls, using evidence from two different data sources. In our first set of results, we identify families with a preference for boys by usin...Read more...
1 March 2021