Cultural influences on gender gap in test scores: findings from Afghanistan’s university entrance examination

Ahmad Shah Mobariz and Shishir Shakya

Applied Economics Letters, 2025, vol. 32, issue 14, 2015-2018

Abstract: We estimate the gender gap in test scores using administrative data from Afghanistan. Using student-level information, we construct household-level data. We report the gender gap in test scores by exploiting various household sibling structures. We examine the culture of sending siblings to gender-specific schools. Our results indicate that cultural rectitude might drive the gender gap and ‘not’ the inherent biological differences in abilities.

Date: 2025
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