leads to gender divergence in relative mobility for the children of highly educated fathers. In urban China, and urban and …This paper incorporates gender bias against girls in the family, school and labor market in a model of … intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections …

concave or convex, and gender biasaffects both relative and absolute mobility. We test these predictions in India and China … the gender gap closes when the fathers are collegeeducated. In China, the CEF is convex for sons in urban areas, but … leads to gender divergence in relative mobility for the children of highly educated fathers. Inurban China, and urban and …

high school entrance exams, have worse mental and physical health, and remain poor as adults. Although China's hukou …) possess a rural hukou which severely restrict their children's access to urban public schools. As a result, 61 million … rural areas adjacent to cities with more restrictive hukou policies are more likely to separate from children as new job …

We develop a model of intergenerational educational mobility incorporating gender bias against girls in the family … uneducated fathers face lower relative and absolute mobility (rural and urban). We find gender equality in absolute mobility for …

younger women, as well as a higher rate of returns on education for women, the gender earnings gap is still large: 20 … is the main barrier to narrowing the gender earnings gap in the People's Republic of China. …Using the 2010 and 2014 data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), this paper analyzes the effect of human …

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 …