gender differences in the timing of puberty can explain gender differences in achievement. We use British cohort data that … boys is however too small to explain more than a fraction of the gender gap in educational outcomes. Furthermore, we find … other causes of the gender gap. …

The growing gender gap in educational attainment between men and women has raised concerns that the skill development … produces a similar pattern of results. We conclude that focusing on gender differences in behavior in school may not lead to …

within a school. We find that greater exposure to "high-achieving" boys, as proxied by their parents' education, decreases … effect of "high-achievers" on male outcomes is markedly different: boys are unaffected by "high-achievers" of either gender. …

and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …

evidence of a narrowing gender gap with the policy. On the contrary, the gender gap in urban areas in post-compulsory schooling …-force participation rate, bring about this widening gender gap. …

We use Danish register data to investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on … individual educational achievement, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of … siblings and own parental education. We find that boys with sisters have worse employment prospects than boys with no sisters …

returns to education, experience, and physical attractiveness among young workers applying for entry-level jobs in a …

types of outcomes, such as (continuous) earnings or (discrete and ordinal) education levels, and captures dynastic … developing country. Results indicate that mobility in terms of education and potential earnings was markedly at the advantage of … women. The bulk of the population came out of illiteracy, possibly due to large-scale education reforms, but the relative …