Background Gender disparities in education continue to undermine girls' opportunities,
despite enormous strides in recent years to improve primary enrolment and attainment for …

I study whether exposure to teacher stereotypes, as measured by the Gender-Science
Implicit Association Test, affects student achievement. I provide evidence that the gender …

This research paper examines the extent to which high-stakes competitive tests affect
gender gaps in standardized tests of Mathematics and Language. To this end, we estimate …

This paper identifies five key issues that are important for the continued efforts to tackle
gender inequality:(i) gender inequality needs to be distinguished from gender gaps. Not all …

We study gender gaps in learning and the effectiveness of female teachers in reducing them
using a large, representative, annual panel data set from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh …

In two-stage elimination math contests, participants from four different age groups compete
to pass from stage 1 to stage 2 and later to be among the winners. Although female …

This paper argues that the socialist episode in East Germany, which constituted a radical
experiment in gender equality in the labor market and other instances, has left persistent …

The gender stratification hypothesis maintains that higher levels of societal gender equity
predict smaller gender gaps in mathematics achievement and attitudes. Using data from the …

This paper assesses the effect of teachers on the gender gap in student test scores. It
combines different empirical strategies from the value-added and labor economics literature …

How smartphone usage affects well-being and learning among children and adolescents is
a concern for schools, parents, and policymakers. Combining detailed administrative data …