Values Survey data for 43 countries. We test the contention that education significantly impacts the relative importance an … education levels attach higher importance to values related to autonomy and economic achievement as compared to conformity to … specifically public policy on education could be used to encourage people to adopt values that are considered important for …

the vast majority of countries. Third, in many countries with low levels of education for both men and women in 1960 … 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 …