Gender Differences in Education
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Keywords
gender differences; test scores; education;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2012-03-21 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EDU-2012-03-21 (Education)
- NEP-LAB-2012-03-21 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2012-03-21 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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