Card, David E.; Chyn, Eric; Giuliano, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Boys are less likely than girls to enter college, a gap that is often attributed to a lack of non-cognitive skills such … and high school, we find large effects of gifted status for boys that close most of the gaps with girls, but no detectable … higher - affects college entry rates of disadvantaged children in a large urban school district. For boys with IQ's around …