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

Yann Algan and Nicole M. Fortin

A chapter in Transitions through the Labor Market, 2018, vol. 46, pp 183-228 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Gender differences; math test scores; computer gaming; swimming upstream factor; digital skills; scholastic acheivement; J16; I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1108/S0147-912120180000046006

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