within a school. We find that greater exposure to "high-achieving" boys, as proxied by their parents' education, decreases … the likelihood that girls go on to complete a bachelor's degree, substituting the latter with junior college degrees … aspirations and to more risky behavior (including having a child before age 18). The girls most strongly affected are those in the …

Boys are doing worse in school than are girls, which has been dubbed "the Boy Crisis". An analysis of the latest data … on educational outcomes among boys and girls reveals extensive disparities in grades, reading and writing test scores … disadvantaged schoolchildren, I then examine whether time investments made by boys and girls related to computer use contribute to …

Son preference in countries like India results in higher female infant mortality rates and differentially lower access … to health care and education for girls than for boys. We use a nationally representative survey of Indian households … (NFHS-3) to conduct the first study that analyzes whether son preference is associated with girls bearing a larger burden of …

for girls than boys, a magnitude considered as very large.When this difference is controlled for, the gender gap in …

secondary school enrollment by providing girls who continued to secondary school with a bicycle that would improve access to … school. Using data from a large representative household survey, we employ a triple difference approach (using boys and the … increased girls' age-appropriate enrollment in secondary school by 30% and also reduced the gender gap in age …

levels of illegal trafficking of girls and abnormal child sex ratios in favor of boys. In this paper we examine if a skewed … sex ratio and shortage of girls is associated with their illegal trafficking in India. Using panel data of 29 Indian … increasing preference for son and neglect for daughters. Multiple reports point to India as country confronted with both higher …

India. We further examine various channels through which prenatal sex selection might affect girls' outcomes. Using repeated … changes in girls' outcomes relative to boys within states and over time are associated with changes in sex ratios at birth. We … larger reduction in family size for girls relative to boys. We also find an increase in girls' breastfeeding duration …

This paper examines the extent of gender gap in private school enrolment in India, an issue that has not been … disadvantage is particularly higher for younger girls in the family. The extent of gender bias in private school enrolment is …

enroll boys and not girls, and not through differential expenditure on girls and boys. The results also suggest that the … results suggest that an important mechanism through which households spend less on girls than boys is by sending sons to fee … India Human Development Survey which refers to 2005 and covers both urban and rural areas. In addition to the traditional …