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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Econ Educ Rev. 2017 Nov 8;62:35–47. doi: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2017.10.007
CSAT
(Seoul)
KEEP
(Seoul)
Panel A. Students N = 539,512 N = 440
  School Type (%)
All-boys schools 36.1 27.3
 Private schools 30.0 27.3
 Public schools 6.1 0.0
All-girls schools 30.5 36.4
 Private schools 25.4 27.3
 Public schools 5.1 9.1
Coed schools 33.4 36.4
 Private schools 10.1 9.1
 Public schools 23.4 27.3
  Mathematics Exam Type (%)
General-math test 75.2
Science-math test 24.8
  Math Interest 3.05 (1.28)
  Math Self-Efficacy 2.37 (1.08)
  Science Interest 2.94 (1.41)
  Science Self-Efficacy 2.47 (1.17)
  During High School Senior, Expecting (%)
university and a STEM major 20.2
university and a non-STEM major 69.1
no university 10.7
  2 Years After High School, Attending (%)
university and a STEM major 18.9
university and a non-STEM major 27.7
no university 53.4
Panel B. Schools N= 1,390 N = 22
  School Type (%)
All-boys schools 34.5 27.3
 Private schools 28.9 27.3
 Public schools 5.5 0.0
All-girls schools 30.8 36.4
 Private schools 25.8 27.3
 Public schools 5.0 9.1
Coed schools 34.8 36.4
 Private schools 9.6 9.1
 Public schools 25.2 27.3
Panel C. Proportion of male teachers in each subject
  School Type (%) Math English Korean
All-boys schools 80.9 70.6 80.0
 Private schools 85.1 75.6 85.4
 Public schools 59.7 47.3 54.2
All-girls schools 54.5 39.0 47.1
 Private schools 58.2 41.6 50.1
 Public schools 36.2 26.2 32.7
Coed schools 55.0 39.8 45.0
 Private schools 74.5 58.0 69.5
 Public schools 47.2 32.7 35.3

Note : Values in parentheses are standard deviations. The number of students and schools for CSAT data indicates the number of students and schools in the pooled sample across all seven cohorts (the sample used for the analysis of math test scores).

Source : Authors' own calculations