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The toys that made us: The role of game in gender gaps

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Early gender gaps condition future educational decisions and labor market and social outcomes. There is extensive evidence reporting the existence of significant gender gaps in mathematical and scientific competencies at age 15. It has been suggested these patterns may explain why men tend to make a clean sweep on STEM careers. This has led to a debate on which factors may be driving gender gaps in educational outcomes. While some authors point to the existence of differences in psychological traits by gender, others focus on external factors, such as socioeconomic characteristics, parental values and educational trajectories. (...)

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Jocs educatius, Estudis de gènere, Rendiment acadèmic

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Educational games, Gender studies, Academic achievement

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BIANCHI, Daniel, CHOI MENDIZÁBAL, Álvaro B. (Álvaro Borja) and JERRIM, John. The toys that made us: The role of game in gender gaps. UB Economics – Working Papers. 2025 E25/491. [consulted: 17 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/224748

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