In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls’ disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the … endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries’ general level of gender (in …

education than men in some regions of the world. Although gender gaps in educational attainment are diminishing in most …, gender gaps widened as more boys went to school, then narrowed as girls enrolled; thus, gender gaps got worse before they got … better. Fourth, gender gaps rarely persist in countries where boys attain high levels of education. Most countries with large …

), Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), Gender Inequality Index (GII), Gender Development Index (GDI). In the paper GDI and GII … indices for Poland. Additionally, this article wants to evaluate reduction of gender inequality in Poland. …