significant effect on males. Gender differences in handling time pressure are relevant only when dealing with the verbal task …

implications of these patterns, I build a quantitative model of the labor market with endogenous technology and training …

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. …

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …, it shows that the comparative advantage of females in skill is reflected in their greater investment in education and in …

Cross-country studies reveal two consistent gender gaps in education - underachievement in school by boys and low rates … deficient non-cognitive skills. I revisit the determinants of the gender gap in U.S. educational attainment with a relatively …-advantaged sample of young men and women and find that school behavior and measured skills are not very important drivers of gender …

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 …

socio-economic gap and the gender gap in intentions to continue in full-time education. … expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …-time education. However, the main driver is the perceived consumption value, which alone explains around half of the variation of the …