gender gap in higher education. Before the expansion, women had lower higher education rates. The expansion increased the … attainment rates of both men and women but failed to reduce the gender gap. Comparing the scale of expansion across fields of …, thereby raising the gender gap. …

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. …

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 …

We use Danish register data to investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on … individual educational achievement, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of …

focus on disability and gender disparities. Surveys conducted in both countries utilize the Washington Group Child … disabilities (CWD), highlighting the challenges they face compared to their peers without disabilities (CWOD). Gender disparities … addressing the gender bias that disfavours girls, especially among disadvantaged children such as CWD. …

In this paper, we estimate the returns on schooling for young men and women in Turkey using the exogenous and …

This study examines the effects of the extension of compulsory schooling from 5 to 8 years in Turkey in 1997 - which … evidence of a narrowing gender gap with the policy. On the contrary, the gender gap in urban areas in post-compulsory schooling …-force participation rate, bring about this widening gender gap. …