Showing 1 - 10 of 26,848
each GPA level, we find that gender differences in post-secondary expectations, controlling for school ability, and as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077655
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015066009
Cross-country studies reveal two consistent gender gaps in education - underachievement in school by boys and low rates … deficient non-cognitive skills. I revisit the determinants of the gender gap in U.S. educational attainment with a relatively …-advantaged sample of young men and women and find that school behavior and measured skills are not very important drivers of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271643
High academic achievement is desired by everyone but a few students are able to reach top position in their class. This study aimed to find out those factors which may be responsible for higher academic achievement of high achievers. The sample was taken from Khairpur Tame Wali and it was found...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342099
The present research explored the influences of self-efficacy, delinquency, and academic aspirations on the academic achievement of 935 high school students from ten high schools in two Australian capital cities (Brisbane and Perth). It was predicted that while academic and social self-efficacy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014163297
This paper studies the consequences of a curriculum reform of the last two years of high school in one of the German federal states on the share of male and female students who complete degrees in STEM subjects and who later work in STEM occupations. The reform had two important aspects: (i) it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993899
Considering the vital importance of gender equality to development and the specific promise of the 2030 Agenda for … performance to discern any gender disparity in access to education and academic performance of students. … for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda .-- II. Understanding gender disparity in education and employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014022605
This paper analyzes the source of the gender gap in third grade numeracy and reading. We adopt an Oaxaca …-Blinder approach and decompose the gender gap in educational achievement into endowment and response components. Our estimation relies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388336
Much research has shown that having a better class of degree has significant payoff in the labour market. Using administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post-primary school achievement is an important predictor: Its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228165