Gender, institutions and educational achievement: a cross-country comparison

Helena Marques, Oscar Marcenaro-Gutiérrez () and Luis Alejandro López-Agudo ()
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Oscar Marcenaro-Gutiérrez: Universitat de Málaga, Postal: Plaza de El Ejido s/n, 29013, Málaga (España)
Luis Alejandro López-Agudo: Universitat de Málaga, Postal: Plaza de El Ejido s/n, 29013, Málaga (España)
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Oscar Marcenaro Gutierrez

No 78, DEA Working Papers from Universitat de les Illes Balears, Departament d'Economía Aplicada

Abstract: An issue in the literature on educational production functions is the contribution of variables related to students’ lifestyles towards explaining the gender gap in terms of educational achievement. We intend to shed further light on this issue by means of empirical evidence based on international data from 22 countries. In order to carry out this research, we analyze the effect of a set of variables from different international surveys that allow the study of the potential country-level factors which could influence this gap. Our results show that it is essential to foster entrepreneurship attitudes among tertiary education students. On the contrary, until high school education years it could be counterproductive. It is also relevant to enhance girls’ self-confidence in business management abilities, as they show a higher average risk-aversion than boys and they are also more affected by a range of gender stereotypes.

Keywords: gender; institutions; education; achievement; PISA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B54 I21 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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