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 …

This chapter reviews the growing body of research in economics which concentrates on the education gender gap and its … contemporaneous gender gaps in education, from the 1950s to the present day, accounting for several alternative measures of attainment …, psychological elements, and societal cultural norms. A discussion follows of the implications of the education gender gap for …

.world), with particular emphasis on the contrast between the trends observed in the United States, China, France, and the United …