The Math Gender Gap: The Role of Culture
通过分析第二代移民的数学测试成绩，发现父母来自性别更平等国家的女孩数学成绩相对更好，表明文化信念对数学性别差距有重要影响。
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.