This paper investigates gender inequality in vulnerable employment: forms of employment typically featuring high … from developing countries, we measure long-term trends, describe geographical patterns, and estimate correlates of gender … gender gap. Across countries, the gender gap is smaller in richer countries, with lower fertility rates, and more …

and test scores among all children, eliminates the 21 percentage point gender disparity in enrollment, and dramatically … reduces the disparity in test scores. The intervention increases formal school enrollment by 42 percentage points among all … children and increases test scores by 0.51 standard deviations (1.2 standard deviations for children that enroll in school …

). -- Afghanistan ; RCT ; education ; gender … and test scores among all children, eliminates the 21 percentage point gender disparity in enrollment, and dramatically … reduces the disparity in test scores. The intervention increases formal school enrollment by 42 percentage points among all …

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education delivery around the world, with school closures affecting over 1.6 billion … there was no difference in out-of-school rates. In a smaller subsample of 15-17 year old boys, the post-COVID group had 2 …-3% lower out-of-school rates and there was no difference in literacy or years of schooling completed as compared with matched …