Reducing gender gaps in mathematics education

Pilar Cuevas-Ruiz and Almudena Sevilla ()

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Abstract: Girls and young women underperform in mathematics relative to their male peers - a loss of talent that may hinder productivity growth. Almudena Sevilla and Pilar Cuevas-Ruiz explain how new developments in gender economics are changing our understanding of the maths gender gap and reshaping policy as a result.

Keywords: productivity; wellbeing; education; gender; equality; growth; stem; Schools (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-06-21
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