This chapter reviews the growing body of research in economics which concentrates on the
education gender gap and its evolution, over time and across countries. The survey first …

Boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of disciplinary problems, lower
achievement scores, and fewer high school completions than girls from comparable …

We consider the effects of student ability, college quality, and the interaction between the
two on academic outcomes and earnings, using data on two cohorts of college enrollees …

Abstract At the private university we analyze, the gap between white and black grade point
averages falls by half between the students' freshmen and senior year. This outcome could …

This paper studies the formation of math and verbal skills during compulsory education and
their impact on educational attainment. Using longitudinal data that follow students in …

Abstract Conditional on enrollment, African American students are substantially less likely to
graduate from four-year public universities than white students. Using administrative micro …

This paper investigates the wage returns to schooling and actual early work experiences
and how these returns have changed over the past 20 years. Using the NLSY surveys, we …

Mother–child separation harms children's development. This concern is particularly relevant
in rapidly urbanizing societies with massive migration. However, factors that increase the …

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document
significant gender differences in time allocation in the first 16 years in life. Relative to males …

Many countries organize their higher education system with limited or no ex ante admission
standards. They instead rely more heavily on an ex post selection mechanism, based on the …