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improves school attendance of young and teenage girls, but reduces school attendance of young women (ages 18-22). We also find … members may affect girls' and young women’s education: relaxation of budget constraints, increase in household work, change in …' schooling turns from positive to negative with girls' age; this implies that migration may be detrimental to women’s empowerment …
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. Moreover, the gender parity index, with girls to boys enrolled, is regressed for each level, as well as primary and secondary …
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secondary increases girls' probability of choosing STEM-courses in upper secondary, and the effect on choices is larger than the …
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Gender segregation in the labor market may be explained by women's re- luctance to choose technical occupations …. Possible explanations are the lack of self-confidence of girls in male-dominated subjects, the domi- nating behavior of boys in … coedu- cational classes on the choice of school type for female students. We propose that girls are less likely to choose a …
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Reducing the gender gap in education is a primary goal for many countries. Two major challenges for many girls are the … girls' attendance and reduction in dropouts two, three, and four years after the intervention. We also find evidence of … improved math test scores, girls expressing higher feelings of control over their lives and, for those who received bicycles …
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