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Gender inequality in education - determinants of girls' enrolment at the primary, middle & secondary/high school level
Alibhai, Siddiqua; Jamal, Haroon; Ahmad, Qazi Masood - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015066009
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Educational gender gaps
Lundberg, Shelly - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271643
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Factors affecting academic achievement of high achievers in Siraiki Area
Khan, Hafiz Muhammad Ather; Chandio, Jawed Hassaan; … - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 7 (2013) 3, pp. 463-471
High academic achievement is desired by everyone but a few students are able to reach top position in their class. This study aimed to find out those factors which may be responsible for higher academic achievement of high achievers. The sample was taken from Khairpur Tame Wali and it was found...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342099
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Self-Efficacy, Academic Aspirations, and Delinquency as Predictors of Academic Achievement in Australian High School Students
Caroll, Annemaree; Gordon, Lisa; Houghton, Stephen; … - 2012
The present research explored the influences of self-efficacy, delinquency, and academic aspirations on the academic achievement of 935 high school students from ten high schools in two Australian capital cities (Brisbane and Perth). It was predicted that while academic and social self-efficacy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014163297
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How gender and prior disadvantage predict performance in college
Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2020
Much research has shown that having a better class of degree has significant payoff in the labour market. Using administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post-primary school achievement is an important predictor: Its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228165
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Female education inequality in Turkey : factors affecting girls' schooling decisions
Duman, Anil - In: International journal of education economics and development 1 (2010) 3, pp. 243-258
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985576
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Missing men : determinants of the gender gap in education majors
Staniec, J. Farley O. - In: Eastern economic journal 43 (2017) 4, pp. 699-714
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Gender inequalities in human capital accumulation : evidence from two African countries
Appleton, Simon - In: Active labour and employment policies, (pp. 295-306). 1996
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School Gender Composition and Academic Performance : Evidence from Transition from Single-Sex to Coeducational Schools
Lee, Jungmin - 2017
We examine how the gender composition of students within schools affects their academic performance. For causal … identification, we exploit within-school variation in the gender composition because of policy-driven transitions from single-sex to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942262
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Good peers have asymmetric gendered effects on female educational outcomes : experimental evidence from Mexico
Busso, Matias; Frisancho Robles, Verónica - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 189 (2021), pp. 727-747
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660498