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Gender Parity and Schooling Choices

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  • Kehinde F. Ajayi
  • Marric Buessing

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We examine the determinants of gender differences in schooling choices using data on 290,000 secondary school applicants in Ghana. Over a quarter of female students choose home economics as their preferred field of study compared to two per cent of males. We find that schooling choices vary significantly with academic performance and educational norms. Higher performing female students and those from districts with a history of gender parity in educational attainment are less likely to choose home economics. Differences across geographic areas account for more of the variation in schooling choices than observable individual, family, and school-level characteristics can explain.

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  • Kehinde F. Ajayi & Marric Buessing, 2015. "Gender Parity and Schooling Choices," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(5), pages 503-522, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:51:y:2015:i:5:p:503-522
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.989992
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    1. David Ansong & Moses Okumu & Travis J. Albritton & Eva Paige Bahnuk & Eusebius Small, 2020. "The Role of Social Support and Psychological Well-Being in STEM Performance Trends across Gender and Locality: Evidence from Ghana," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 13(5), pages 1655-1673, October.
    2. Radeef Chundakkadan & Subash Sasidharan, 2022. "Gender gap and access to finance: A cross‐country analysis," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(1), pages 180-207, February.
    3. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Maliki,, 2018. "Madrasah for girls and private school for boys? The determinants of school type choice in rural and urban Indonesia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 96-111.
    4. Kehinde Ajayi & Nana Akua Anyidoho, 2017. "Explaining gender differences in preference for self-employment among tertiary graduates in Ghana," WIDER Working Paper Series 147, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    5. Kehinde Ajayi & Nana Akua Anyidoho, 2017. "Explaining gender differences in preference for self-employment among tertiary graduates in Ghana," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-147, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

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