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Gender segregation in education and its implications for labour market outcomes : evidence from India
Sahoo, Soham; Klasen, Stephan - 2018
This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the post-secondary level of … longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of … humanities. This gender disparity is not driven by gender specific differences in mathematical ability, as the gap remains large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881379
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Where the girls are not : households, teachers, and the gender gap in early math achievement
Carneiro, Pedro; Cruz Aguayo, Yyannú; Schady, Norbert … - 2017
We study the determinants of math achievement among children in early elementary school using data from a unique experiment. We find steep socioeconomic gradients and a substantial boy-girl gap in math test scores. However, among children of mothers with university education, there is no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011660859
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The effect of family background, entrepreneurship-specific education, gender on venture creation knowledge
Ranwala, R. S. - In: Middle East journal of management : MEJM 4 (2017) 3, pp. 203-218
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850546
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The effect of opposite sex siblings on cognitive and noncognitive skills in early childhood
Cyron, Laura; Schwerdt, Guido; Viarengo, Martina - In: Applied economics letters 24 (2017) 19, pp. 1369-1373
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852617
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Vulnerable boys : short-term and long-term gender differences in the impacts of adolescent disadvantage
Lei, Ziteng; Lundberg, Shelly - 2020
The growing gender gap in educational attainment between men and women has raised concerns that the skill development … produces a similar pattern of results. We conclude that focusing on gender differences in behavior in school may not lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164784
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Does increased teacher accountability decrease leniency in grading?
Puhani, Patrick A.; Yang, Philip - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012166961
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Mothers, teachers, peers, and the gender gap in early math achievement
Carneiro, Pedro; Cruz Aguayo, Yyannú; Schady, Norbert … - 2018
, teachers, and peers. We find no evidence of differential responses by gender. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012170049
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Scientifico! like dad : on the intergenerational transmission of STEM education in Italy
Chise, Diana; Fort, Margherita; Monfardini, Chiara - 2019 - This version: October 11, 2019
We provide novel evidence on the existence and the extent of intergenerational transmission of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education using a recent large administrative dataset of Italian graduates obtained from the Almalaurea data. Parental influence on two STEM...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120606
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Do boys benefit from male teachers in elementary school? : evidence from administrative panel data
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2017
hardly any effects of teacher's gender, age, pay level, qualifications, or working hours on boys' or girls' school track … recommendations or school choice. Even when following students into middle school, no effects of elementary-school teacher gender on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120928
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Scientifico! like dad : on the intergenerational transmission of STEM education in Italy
Chise, Diana; Fort, Margherita; Monfardini, Chiara - 2019
We provide novel evidence on the existence and the extent of intergenerational transmission of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education using a recent large administrative dataset of Italian graduates obtained from the Almalaurea data. Parental influence on two STEM...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126090