Reverse Gender Gap in Schooling in Bangladesh: Insights from Urban and Rural Households

This paper documents a reverse gender gap in secondary schooling outcomes in Bangladesh drawing upon several rounds of nationally representative household survey data. In terms of enrolment status and years of schooling completed, boys are found to lag behind girls in the rural as well as in the urb...

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Main Authors:	Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz, Chaudhury, Nazmul
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Analysis of Education I210 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4727

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spelling	okr-10986-47272021-04-23T14:02:19Z Reverse Gender Gap in Schooling in Bangladesh: Insights from Urban and Rural Households Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz Chaudhury, Nazmul Analysis of Education I210 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 This paper documents a reverse gender gap in secondary schooling outcomes in Bangladesh drawing upon several rounds of nationally representative household survey data. In terms of enrolment status and years of schooling completed, boys are found to lag behind girls in the rural as well as in the urban area. Within the urban sample, the gender gap is widest in the non-metropolitan area. These findings are robust to extensive control for demand and supply-side determinants of schooling and remain unchanged even when we use a within household estimator. We consider one hypothesis, namely gender-differentiated response to a conditional cash transfer program to reconcile the findings of this reverse gender gap. 2012-03-30T07:29:26Z 2012-03-30T07:29:26Z 2009 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 00220388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4727 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Bangladesh
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description	This paper documents a reverse gender gap in secondary schooling outcomes in Bangladesh drawing upon several rounds of nationally representative household survey data. In terms of enrolment status and years of schooling completed, boys are found to lag behind girls in the rural as well as in the urban area. Within the urban sample, the gender gap is widest in the non-metropolitan area. These findings are robust to extensive control for demand and supply-side determinants of schooling and remain unchanged even when we use a within household estimator. We consider one hypothesis, namely gender-differentiated response to a conditional cash transfer program to reconcile the findings of this reverse gender gap.
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author	Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz Chaudhury, Nazmul
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title	Reverse Gender Gap in Schooling in Bangladesh: Insights from Urban and Rural Households
title_short	Reverse Gender Gap in Schooling in Bangladesh: Insights from Urban and Rural Households
title_full	Reverse Gender Gap in Schooling in Bangladesh: Insights from Urban and Rural Households
title_fullStr	Reverse Gender Gap in Schooling in Bangladesh: Insights from Urban and Rural Households
title_full_unstemmed	Reverse Gender Gap in Schooling in Bangladesh: Insights from Urban and Rural Households
title_sort	reverse gender gap in schooling in bangladesh: insights from urban and rural households
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Reverse Gender Gap in Schooling in Bangladesh: Insights from Urban and Rural Households

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