TY  - CHAP
AB  - 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.
VL  - 46
SN  - 978-1-78756-462-6, 978-1-78756-461-9/0147-9121
DO  - 10.1108/S0147-912120180000046006
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0147-912120180000046006
AU  - Algan Yann
AU  - Fortin Nicole M.
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Computer Gaming and the Gender Math Gap: Cross-Country Evidence among Teenagers☆
T2  - Transitions through the Labor Market
T3  - Research in Labor Economics
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 183
EP  - 228
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -