Social Exclusion and the Gender Gap in Education

Despite a sharp increase in the share of girls who enroll in, attend, and complete various levels of schooling, an educational gender gap remains in some countries. This paper argues that one explanation for this gender gap is the degree of social...

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Main Authors: Lewis, Maureen, Lockheed, Marlaine
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9086476/social-exclusion-gender-gap-education
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6498