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, teachers, and peers. We find no evidence of differential responses by gender. …
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International surveys of learning achievement and functional literacy are increasingly common. We consider two aspects of the robustness of their results. First, we compare results from four surveys: TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS and IALS. This contrasts with the standard approach which is to analyse a...
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a difference-in-differences estimation method, it was found that early tracking has a direct effect on the gender gap in … gender gap varies to a great extent between countries. While the existing literature explains these differences as being … like tracking, grade retention, and individualised teaching practices. The gender test score gap is analysed in math …
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The idea that students benefit from same-sex teachers has motivated policies around the world aimed at reducing gender …
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This paper assesses the effect of teachers on the gender gap in student test scores. It combines different empirical … and reading gender gaps. We use rich administrative data from Chile, that allows us to follow teachers through different … reduce the gender gap in math by 16.9%. The reduction in the math gender gap is greater in voucher schools (16.1%), among …
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