Title: Gender Affirmative Action Policies in Mathematical Competitions

Abstract: Although the gender gap in standardised maths tests (e.g. PISA) has become small, female competitors in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) are very rare. As a response to this issue, only-girls maths competitions has been launched in the last decade to tackle the absence of females in high achieving maths competitions. This project is my attempt to answer whether this policy is helping to close the gender gap among high achieving mathematicians. In particular, I assess the effects of the European Girls Mathematics Olympiads (EGMO) and the UK Mathematical Olympiad for Girls (UK MOG).

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