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Computer Gaming and the Gender Math Gap: Cross-Country Evidence among Teenagers☆

In: Transitions through the Labor Market

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  • Yann Algan
  • Nicole M. Fortin

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Using the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) surveys (2003–2015), this chapter explores the relationship between the gender gap in math test scores and computer (digital devices) gaming, as a potential “swimming upstream” factor in the quest to close that gap. Using a decomposition based on a pooled hybrid specification, we attribute two to three points (from 13% to 29%) of the gender math gap to gender differences in the incidence and returns to intense gaming. The comparison of the negative versus positive girl-specific effects found for collaborative games versus single-player games suggest a potential role for gaming network effects.

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  • Yann Algan & Nicole M. Fortin, 2018. "Computer Gaming and the Gender Math Gap: Cross-Country Evidence among Teenagers☆," Research in Labor Economics, in: Transitions through the Labor Market, volume 46, pages 183-228, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:rleczz:s0147-912120180000046006
    DOI: 10.1108/S0147-912120180000046006
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    Keywords

    Gender differences; math test scores; computer gaming; swimming upstream factor; digital skills; scholastic acheivement; J16; I2;
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education

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