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Gender bias in education during conflict : cvidence from Assam
Roy, Sutanuka; Prakarsh Singh - 2016
Using a large-scale novel panel dataset (2005-14) on schools from the Indian state of Assam, we test for the impact of violent conflict on female students' enrollment rates. We find that a doubling of average killings in a district-year leads to a 13 per cent drop in girls' enrollment rate with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517894
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Gender bias in education during conflict : evidence from Assam
Roy, Sutanuka; Prakarsh Singh - 2016
Using a large-scale novel panel dataset (2005-14) on schools from the Indian state of Assam, we test for the impact of violent conflict on female students' enrollment rates. We find that a doubling of average killings in a district-year leads to a 13 per cent drop in girls' enrollment rate with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476468
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College major choice and the gender gap
Zafar, Basit (contributor) - 2009
Males and females are markedly different in their choice of college major. Two main reasons have been suggested for the gender gap: differences in innate abilities and differences in preferences. This paper addresses the question of how college majors are chosen, focusing on the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003812568
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Reversal of gender gaps in child development : evidence from young children in India
López Bóo, Florencia; Canon, Maria Eugenia - 2014
This paper provides unique evidence of a reversal of gender gaps in cognitive development in early childhood. We find steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses its sign for the upper caste, with girls performing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010357238
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Gender-Differential Effects of Conflict on Education : The Case of the 1981-1993 Punjab Insurgency
Singh, Prakarsh - 2013
which the conflict affected education, we use a unique historical dataset on the annual expenditure decisions by farmers in … the state of Punjab during 1978-1989. We find a significant reduction in expenditure on education by households with a … of the demand-side channels through which conflict affected education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083152
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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 coeducational schools. In Seoul, South Korea,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942262
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College Major Choice and the Gender Gap
Zafar, Basit - 2009
Males and females are markedly different in their choice of college major. Two main reasons have been suggested for the gender gap: differences in innate abilities and differences in preferences. This paper addresses the question of how college majors are chosen, focusing on the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718978
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Origins of gender norms : sibling gender composition and women's choice of occupation and partner
Brenøe, Anne Ardila - 2018
I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment - sibling gender composition - affects women's gender conformity, measured through their choice of occupation and partner. Using Danish administrative data, I causally estimate the effect of having a second-born brother...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891616
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Origins of gender norms : sibling gender composition and women's choice of occupation and partner
Brenøe, Anne Ardila - 2018
I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment - sibling gender composition - affects women's gender conformity, measured through their choice of occupation and partner. Using Danish administrative data, I causally estimate the effect of having a second-born brother...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894094
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Origins of Gender Norms : Sibling Gender Composition and Women's Choice of Occupation and Partner
Brenøe, Anne - 2018
I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment – sibling gender composition – affects women's gender conformity, measured through their choice of occupation and partner. Using Danish administrative data, I causally estimate the effect of having a second-born brother...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912775