Using PISA test scores from 11,527 second-generation immigrants coming from 35 different
countries of ancestry and living in 9 host countries, we find that the positive effects of country …

This study examines the gender wage gap in the USA using two separate cross-sections
from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The extensive literature on this subject includes …

Performance on a range of spatial and mathematics tasks was measured in a sample of
1592 students in kindergarten, third grade, and sixth grade. In a previously published …

In the fields of education, sociology, and economics, there is a long-standing connection
between socioeconomic status (SES) and school outcomes in a wide variety of cultural …

Personal academic agency—the thoughts, actions, and emotions that impact individual
functioning at school—is central for academic success. On average, students from low socio …

Developing students' reading and numeracy skills remain key goals of contemporary
schooling. In Australia, the National Assessment Program–Literacy and Numeracy …

The gender stratification hypothesis maintains that higher levels of societal gender equity
predict smaller gender gaps in mathematics achievement and attitudes. Using data from the …

There is wide variation in the degree of gender gap in test scores around the world,
suggesting the strong influence of institutions, culture and inequality. We present …

This study explored the effect of PowerPoint integration on students' motivation and
achievement in less endowed Senior High Schools (SHSs). The study employed the …

This paper uses immigration to investigate the intergenerational transmission of culture. The
culture is proxied by nonmarital fertility and age at the first birth in the immigrant's home …