Mathematics, Girls, Socialism, and Capitalism
In their 2018 study “Math, Girls and Socialism,” authors Claude Senik and Quentin Lippmann analyzed the impact of the socialist regime in East Germany on gender differences in math achievement, using data from the former GDR and FRG.
The study showed that girls who grew up in the GDR scored higher in mathematics than girls from the FRG, based on data from 2003.
In the GDR, girls rated their math skills on par with boys, while in the FRG, girls rated their abilities lower than those of the opposite sex. Girls from the GDR also had a more positive attitude towards mathematics, greater confidence in their abilities, and experienced less stress when solving mathematical problems.
However, this situation is not unique to Germany. An analysis of PISA data for Europe showed that girls from former socialist countries (e.g., Poland, Czech Republic) perform better in mathematics than girls from capitalist countries, with the gender gap in mathematics being smaller or even non-existent in the former socialist bloc countries. Socialist countries had more female chess players and also sent more girls to math competitions.
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