better. Fourth, gender gaps rarely persist in countries where boys attain high levels of education. Most countries with large … education than men in some regions of the world. Although gender gaps in educational attainment are diminishing in most …Many countries remain far from achieving gender equality in the classroom. Using data from 126 countries, we …

year after the first child is born, mothers’ annual earnings drop by 11% while men’s remain unchanged. The gender gap is …

unobserved determinants of hiring outcomes. In this study, the authors empirically investigate this bias in the context of gender …

endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries’ general level of gender (in …

(sorting students into different types of secondary schools at an early age) on gender gaps in test achievement in a cross …-country difference-in-differences framework. We find strong evidence that early tracking increases gender differences in reading. For … math test scores, we do not find consistent evidence that early tracking contributes to the gender gap. …

The gender gap in education has been a significant concern for Moroccan policymakers and researchers, but the … quantitative measurement of this gap has often been overlooked. This study specifically examines the gender gap in academic … influence gender performance differences and their magnitude. To achieve this, micro-level data from 5427 students extracted …

This paper documents the patterns and examines the factors contributing to a gender gap in educational achievements in … all grades, whether at the mean or along the distribution of the test score. Our results also reveal a widening gender … importance of controlling for pre-school cognitive skills in examining the gender test score gap. …