Gender gaps in Mathematics and Language: The bias of competitive achievement tests.

ABSTRACT: 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 models that predict students' results in two national standardized tests: a test that does not affect students' educational trajectory, and a second test that determines access to the most selective universities in Chile. We used data from different gender twins who took these tests. This strategy allows us to control, through household fixed effects, the observed and unobserved household characteristics. Our results show that competitive tests negatively affect women. In Mathematics, according to both tests, there is a gender gap in favor of men, which increases in the university entrance exam, especially for high-per

SUBMITTER: Arias O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10032501 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature