What Explains the Gender Gap Reversal in Education? Theory and Evidence
The gender gap reversal in educational attainment is ubiquitous in high-income countries, as well as in a growing share of low- and middle-income countries. To account for the reversal, this paper proposes a theoretical framework in which the inter...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/659501516200427470/What-explains-the-gender-gap-reversal-in-education-the-role-of-the-tail-hypothesis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29213 |