A Bird's Eye View of Gender Differences in Education in OECD Countries:

This paper presents an overview of gender differences in education outcomes in OECD countries. A rich set of indicators describes the improvement of educational attainment among women over the past decades, and various dimensions of male under-performance in education. Possible explanatory factors i...

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1. Verfasser: Salvi del Pero, Angelica (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bytchkova, Alexandra (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Paris OECD Publishing 2013
Schriftenreihe:OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
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Zusammenfassung:This paper presents an overview of gender differences in education outcomes in OECD countries. A rich set of indicators describes the improvement of educational attainment among women over the past decades, and various dimensions of male under-performance in education. Possible explanatory factors include incentives provided by changing employment opportunities for women, demographic trends, as well as the higher sensitivity of boys to disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. Gender differences in field of study and in performance by subject are found to be related to attitudes and self-perceptions towards academic subjects, which are in turn influenced by social norms. A number of policy options to address gender gaps are presented in the final section of the paper
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (43 Seiten) 21 x 29.7cm
DOI:10.1787/5k40k706tmtb-en

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