This paper studies the impact of gender and ethnicity on educational outcomes using cross-country evidence from Bolivia … estimation method analogous to difference-in-differences, the paper finds that gender-based differences in literacy, primary … gender and ethnicity confers cumulative disadvantage for minority groups, especially in Latin America. The paper discusses …

Wealth and gender inequity in the accumulation of cognitive skills is measured as the association between subject … competency and wealth and gender using the OECD?s Programme for International Student Assessment. Wealth inequity is found to … gender differences through school characteristics. These findings suggest that wealth inequity in the accumulation of …

the gender dimensions of asset ownership. This paper sets out a framework for researchers who are interested in collecting … data on individual level asset ownership and analyzing the gender asset gap. It reviews best practices in existing surveys … examples of three Living Standard Measurement Study surveys: the 1998-99 Ghana survey, the 2000 Guatemala survey, and the 1997 …