Gender wage gap and its effect on test scores of immigrant students

Eiji Yamamura ()

Journal of Economic Studies, 2019, vol. 46, issue 4, 872-887

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine how gender equality influences difference in cognitive skills between genders. For the closer examination of Guisoet al.(2008), restricting the sample to immigrants allows us to reduce the possibility of reverse causality. Design/methodology/approach - Using PISA 2012 matched with the gender wage gap sourced from World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Index 2011, the author compares the effect of the wage gap among the areas of mathematics, science and reading. Findings - Decreased gender wage gap leads to girls exhibiting a reduced incidence of lateness and skipping school compared with boys, which in turn improves girls’ test scores in mathematics, science and reading. The direct effect of the decreased wage gap on test scores exceeds its indirect effect on performance owing to influencing school attendance. Originality/value - The findings of this paper provide evidence that higher female wage level relative to male wage level incentivizes female students to attend school, resulting in their achieving higher test scores not only for mathematics, but also for science and reading.

Keywords: Mathematics; Immigrants; Gender Gap Index; Test scores; I26; I21; J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1108/JES-04-2018-0141

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