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In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls' disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the …)equality also contributes to girls' disadvantage. For reading, at the upper end of the talent distribution, girls' advantage can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916770
In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls' disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the …)equality also contributes to girls' disadvantage. For reading, at the upper end of the talent distribution, girls' advantage can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012208416
In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls’ disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the …)equality also contributes to girls’ disadvantage. For reading, at the upper end of the talent distribution, girls’ advantage can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147251
In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls' disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the …)equality also contributes to girls' disadvantage. For reading, at the upper end of the talent distribution, girls' advantage can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869035
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. Wend that more education causes a substantial decrease …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011220517
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385763
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. We find that more education causes a substantial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324255
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. We find that more education causes a substantial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325427
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. We find that more education causes a substantial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325741
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325756