What Explains the Gender Gap Reversal in Education? Theory and Evidence

What Explains the Gender Gap Reversal in Education? Theory and Evidence

The gender gap reversal in educational attainment is ubiquitous in high-income countries, as well as in a growing share of low- and middle-income countries. To account for the reversal, this paper proposes a theoretical framework in which the inter...

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Main Authors: Bossavie, Laurent, Kanninen, Ohto
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
GENDER GAP
STUDENT TESTING
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT TEST
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/659501516200427470/What-explains-the-gender-gap-reversal-in-education-the-role-of-the-tail-hypothesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29213

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/659501516200427470/What-explains-the-gender-gap-reversal-in-education-the-role-of-the-tail-hypothesis
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29213

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