Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development : Evidence from Young Children in India

This paper provides unique evidence of a reversal of gender gaps in cognitive development in early childhood. We find steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses its sign for the upper caste, with girls performing better than boys at age 5 but thereafter following the general pattern in India of boys performing better

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	López Bóo, Florencia
Other Persons:	Canon, Maria E. (contributor)
Publisher:	[2014]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Indien \| India \| Kinder \| Children

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (15 p)
Series:	FRB of St. Louis Working Paper ; No. 2014-011A
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments April 1, 2014 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2432298 [DOI]
Classification:	I2 - Education ; J1 - Demographic Economics ; J7 - Discrimination
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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