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Closing the Gender and Socio‐economic Gaps in Educational Attainment: a Need to Refocus

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  • Gavin W. Jones
  • Divya S. Ramchand

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This paper summarizes the evidence on trends in gender and socio‐economic gaps in educational attainment in different parts of the world, and in the discourse on these trends. There remains a significant emphasis given to gender gaps in spite of much evidence pointing towards the rapidly narrowing, and in many cases, reversal in gender gaps in educational attainment, versus evidence of widening socioeconomic gaps. The paper moves on to consider factors influencing these trends and some policy implications. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Gavin W. Jones & Divya S. Ramchand, 2016. "Closing the Gender and Socio‐economic Gaps in Educational Attainment: a Need to Refocus," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(6), pages 953-973, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:28:y:2016:i:6:p:953-973
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    1. Chae, Minhee & Meng, Xin & Xue, Sen, 2023. "Fertility, Son-Preference, and the Reversal of the Gender Gap in Literacy/Numeracy Tests," IZA Discussion Papers 16208, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Joerg Baten & Michiel de Haas & Elisabeth Kempter & Felix Meier zu Selhausen, 2021. "Educational Gender Inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Long‐Term Perspective," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 47(3), pages 813-849, September.

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