There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educational attainment and … evidence for the role of various factors in affecting educational achievement by gender. Gender differences in non … concludes by evaluating what factors are most responsible for the two central gender gaps, whether there is a role for policy to …

We examine the extent to which education is a main determinant of affluence in Brazil. We focus on workers in the top 1 … main conclusion is that while education may be important to explain total inequality, there is no evidence that mass … education is a major factor explaining the differences between the rich and the rest of the population. Not even elite education …

Publicly provided education is both an important public expenditure and a relevant in-kind transfer, often to the … poorest households. This paper compares three methods to value education services and their distributive impact. The methods … are: i) The first method is cost of provision, according to which education is worth what it costs the state to provide it …

Effect," where an initial advantage is self-amplifying. We find that entrepreneurs who obtain university education are more … entrepreneurs have significantly better future firm outcomes compared to those without a university education. Furthermore, we find …

males. Nevertheless, men still predominate at highly selective programs that lead to high-paying careers. The gender gap at … detailed administrative data from the centralized college entrance system, I study the impact of gender differences in … unassigned and in relative preferences for school attributes can explain much of the gender gap at the most elite programs. …

in college applications. The results contribute to the discussion of the gender gap in performance in education …, this pa- per aims to analyze the gender gap in educational outcomes from different methods of evaluation and the gender gap … suggesting that evaluation systems might have gender biased impacts on students and the under- representation of females in top …

territorial differences in a) the educational level of white women, b) the gender-race composition of the labor force, c) the …

happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … females are more likely to enter the education and health sectors while males are more likely to enter the more lucrative … business sector and that this can partly explain the gender pay gap for STEM graduates. Overall, our results suggest that …

gender gap in STEM. However, the state of knowledge has probably not reached the point where the empirical findings from this …