Dickerson, Andy; McIntosh, Steven; Valente, Christine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper uses microdata for 19 African countries to examine the gender difference in maths test scores amongst … observed in developed countries. This difference cannot be explained by gender differences in school quality, home environment …, or within-school gender discrimination in access to schooling inputs. However, the gender gap varies widely with …