Margriet Van Hek
Biographic Data
| ID | 297174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margriet Van Hek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margriet |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Hek |
| SIGNATURE | VAN HEK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3989-9933 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Network resources and the gender wage gap: Capital differences, return differences, and capital specificity
This study examines gender differences in career, economic, and cultural network resources as possible explanations for the gender wage gap (capital differences) – resulting from (the interplay between) structural causes, gendered expectations and gender homophily. Additionally, it considers potential gender differences in wage returns to these social network resources (return differences). Doing so, this study sheds light on the importance of th…
Do students’ ICT skills pay off in math performance? Examining the moderating role of countries’ ICT promotive environment
Students’ information and communication technology (ICT) skills have been shown to be a valuable resource for their educational performance, although to varying degrees across countries. Our paper adds to existing knowledge to understand how and why country-specific ICT characteristics make a difference to math performance benefits students glean from their ICT skills, thereby adding to a general understanding of how digital divides at different …
Plugging in at school: Do schools nurture digital skills and narrow digital skills inequality
Information and communication technology (ICT) have become indispensable in contemporary schools in post-industrialized countries. Whether schools have succeeded in vesting students with the needed digital skills important in today's highly digitalized societal landscape however remains unclear. In this paper, we examine whether school resources in terms of ICT infrastructure, use of ICT in education, and availability of technical expertise are p…
Exploring pathways: How friends' anti-academic behavior contributes to the gender gap in language and math grades
Why Jane likes to read and John does not. How parents and schools stimulate girls' and boys' intrinsic reading motivation
Contains fulltext : 298531.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access
Why Female Employees Do Not Earn More under a Female Manager: A Mixed-Method Study
Previous studies found contradictory results on whether women benefit in terms of earnings from having a female manager. This mixed-method study draws on survey data from the Netherlands to determine whether female employees have higher wages if they work under a female manager and combines these with data from interviews with Dutch female managers to interpret and contextualize its findings. The survey data show that having a female manager does…
Student ICT resources and intergenerational transmission of educational inequality: Testing Implications of a Reproduction and Mobility Perspective
Information and communication technology (ICT) is often heralded to boost student learning. In this paper, we investigate the supposed benefits of ICT on student educational performance by considering the varied forms of ICT resources - access, skills, efficacy and different usage practices. We also examine the relationship between parental background, ICT and educational performance, employing notions from social reproduction and mobility theory…
Schools as a Relatively Standardizing Institution: The Case of Gender Gaps in Cognitive Skills
Growing evidence suggests that contrary to popular belief, schools mostly do not generate achievement gaps in cognitive skills but, rather, reflect the inequalities that already exist. In the case of socioeconomic status, exposure to school often reduces gaps. Surprisingly little is known, however, about whether this pattern extends to gender gaps in cognitive skills. We compare how gender gaps in math and reading change when children are in scho…
When Gender Stereotypes Get Male Adolescents into Trouble: A Longitudinal Study on Gender Conformity Pressure as a Predictor of School Misconduct
School misconduct is a threat to educational careers and learning. The present study sheds light on why male adolescents in particular are prone to school misconduct. Qualitative research has argued that male adolescents’ construction of masculinity is a factor driving their school misbehavior. We examined the role of felt pressure to conform to gender stereotypes in predicting school misconduct among male and female adolescents. Data were provid…
Are Female Managers Agents of Change or Cogs in the Machine? An Assessment with Three-Level Manager-Employee Linked Data
In this study, we investigate whether female managers contribute to greater gender equality in organizations. Specifically, we examine whether women's and men's earnings are affected by the share of female managers in their organization, and by being supervised by a female manager. We formulate opposing hypotheses arguing that women are either change agents who reduce gender inequality in earnings in their organization, or cogs in the machine who…
Educational Systems and Gender Differences in Reading: A Comparative Multilevel Analysis
Girls have a substantial advantage over boys in terms of reading performance throughout all OECD countries. This paper investigates whether the structure of a country’s educational system is related to this gender inequality in reading performance. We assess whether standardization of educational curricula and the age at which students are selected into educational tracks affect boys’ and girls’ reading performance differently. To test our hypoth…
Organizational Work–Life Policies and the Gender Wage Gap in European Workplaces
Many organizations in Europe offer work–life policies to enable men and women to combine work with family life. The authors argue that the availability of organizational work–life policies can also reduce gender inequality in wages. The authors test their expectations using the European Sustainable Workforce Survey, with data from 259 organizations and their employees in 9 European countries. Multilevel analyses show that organizations that offer…
Family resources and male–female educational attainment
How do parents affect cultural participation of their children
Cultural consumption across countries: A multi-level analysis of social inequality in highbrow culture in Europe
Cultural consumption across countries: A multi-level analysis of social inequality in highbrow culture in Europe
How do parents affect cultural participation of their children
Educational Systems and Gender Differences in Reading: A Comparative Multilevel Analysis
Girls have a substantial advantage over boys in terms of reading performance throughout all OECD countries. This paper investigates whether the structure of a country’s educational system is related to this gender inequality in reading performance. We assess whether standardization of educational curricula and the age at which students are selected into educational tracks affect boys’ and girls’ reading performance differently. To test our hypoth…
When Gender Stereotypes Get Male Adolescents into Trouble: A Longitudinal Study on Gender Conformity Pressure as a Predictor of School Misconduct
School misconduct is a threat to educational careers and learning. The present study sheds light on why male adolescents in particular are prone to school misconduct. Qualitative research has argued that male adolescents’ construction of masculinity is a factor driving their school misbehavior. We examined the role of felt pressure to conform to gender stereotypes in predicting school misconduct among male and female adolescents. Data were provid…
Organizational Work–Life Policies and the Gender Wage Gap in European Workplaces
Many organizations in Europe offer work–life policies to enable men and women to combine work with family life. The authors argue that the availability of organizational work–life policies can also reduce gender inequality in wages. The authors test their expectations using the European Sustainable Workforce Survey, with data from 259 organizations and their employees in 9 European countries. Multilevel analyses show that organizations that offer…
Family resources and male–female educational attainment
Why Jane likes to read and John does not. How parents and schools stimulate girls' and boys' intrinsic reading motivation
Contains fulltext : 298531.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access
Why Female Employees Do Not Earn More under a Female Manager: A Mixed-Method Study
Previous studies found contradictory results on whether women benefit in terms of earnings from having a female manager. This mixed-method study draws on survey data from the Netherlands to determine whether female employees have higher wages if they work under a female manager and combines these with data from interviews with Dutch female managers to interpret and contextualize its findings. The survey data show that having a female manager does…
Exploring pathways: How friends' anti-academic behavior contributes to the gender gap in language and math grades
Are Female Managers Agents of Change or Cogs in the Machine? An Assessment with Three-Level Manager-Employee Linked Data
In this study, we investigate whether female managers contribute to greater gender equality in organizations. Specifically, we examine whether women's and men's earnings are affected by the share of female managers in their organization, and by being supervised by a female manager. We formulate opposing hypotheses arguing that women are either change agents who reduce gender inequality in earnings in their organization, or cogs in the machine who…
Cultural consumption across countries: A multi-level analysis of social inequality in highbrow culture in Europe
Family resources and male–female educational attainment
How do parents affect cultural participation of their children
Organizational Work–Life Policies and the Gender Wage Gap in European Workplaces
Many organizations in Europe offer work–life policies to enable men and women to combine work with family life. The authors argue that the availability of organizational work–life policies can also reduce gender inequality in wages. The authors test their expectations using the European Sustainable Workforce Survey, with data from 259 organizations and their employees in 9 European countries. Multilevel analyses show that organizations that offer…
Are Female Managers Agents of Change or Cogs in the Machine? An Assessment with Three-Level Manager-Employee Linked Data
In this study, we investigate whether female managers contribute to greater gender equality in organizations. Specifically, we examine whether women's and men's earnings are affected by the share of female managers in their organization, and by being supervised by a female manager. We formulate opposing hypotheses arguing that women are either change agents who reduce gender inequality in earnings in their organization, or cogs in the machine who…
Educational Systems and Gender Differences in Reading: A Comparative Multilevel Analysis
Girls have a substantial advantage over boys in terms of reading performance throughout all OECD countries. This paper investigates whether the structure of a country’s educational system is related to this gender inequality in reading performance. We assess whether standardization of educational curricula and the age at which students are selected into educational tracks affect boys’ and girls’ reading performance differently. To test our hypoth…
When Gender Stereotypes Get Male Adolescents into Trouble: A Longitudinal Study on Gender Conformity Pressure as a Predictor of School Misconduct
School misconduct is a threat to educational careers and learning. The present study sheds light on why male adolescents in particular are prone to school misconduct. Qualitative research has argued that male adolescents’ construction of masculinity is a factor driving their school misbehavior. We examined the role of felt pressure to conform to gender stereotypes in predicting school misconduct among male and female adolescents. Data were provid…
Schools as a Relatively Standardizing Institution: The Case of Gender Gaps in Cognitive Skills
Growing evidence suggests that contrary to popular belief, schools mostly do not generate achievement gaps in cognitive skills but, rather, reflect the inequalities that already exist. In the case of socioeconomic status, exposure to school often reduces gaps. Surprisingly little is known, however, about whether this pattern extends to gender gaps in cognitive skills. We compare how gender gaps in math and reading change when children are in scho…
Why Jane likes to read and John does not. How parents and schools stimulate girls' and boys' intrinsic reading motivation
Contains fulltext : 298531.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access
Why Female Employees Do Not Earn More under a Female Manager: A Mixed-Method Study
Previous studies found contradictory results on whether women benefit in terms of earnings from having a female manager. This mixed-method study draws on survey data from the Netherlands to determine whether female employees have higher wages if they work under a female manager and combines these with data from interviews with Dutch female managers to interpret and contextualize its findings. The survey data show that having a female manager does…
Student ICT resources and intergenerational transmission of educational inequality: Testing Implications of a Reproduction and Mobility Perspective
Information and communication technology (ICT) is often heralded to boost student learning. In this paper, we investigate the supposed benefits of ICT on student educational performance by considering the varied forms of ICT resources - access, skills, efficacy and different usage practices. We also examine the relationship between parental background, ICT and educational performance, employing notions from social reproduction and mobility theory…
Do students’ ICT skills pay off in math performance? Examining the moderating role of countries’ ICT promotive environment
Students’ information and communication technology (ICT) skills have been shown to be a valuable resource for their educational performance, although to varying degrees across countries. Our paper adds to existing knowledge to understand how and why country-specific ICT characteristics make a difference to math performance benefits students glean from their ICT skills, thereby adding to a general understanding of how digital divides at different …
Plugging in at school: Do schools nurture digital skills and narrow digital skills inequality
Information and communication technology (ICT) have become indispensable in contemporary schools in post-industrialized countries. Whether schools have succeeded in vesting students with the needed digital skills important in today's highly digitalized societal landscape however remains unclear. In this paper, we examine whether school resources in terms of ICT infrastructure, use of ICT in education, and availability of technical expertise are p…
Exploring pathways: How friends' anti-academic behavior contributes to the gender gap in language and math grades
Network resources and the gender wage gap: Capital differences, return differences, and capital specificity
This study examines gender differences in career, economic, and cultural network resources as possible explanations for the gender wage gap (capital differences) – resulting from (the interplay between) structural causes, gendered expectations and gender homophily. Additionally, it considers potential gender differences in wage returns to these social network resources (return differences). Doing so, this study sheds light on the importance of th…
Psychology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Inequality (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · School Choice and Performance (5 works) · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (4 works)