Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from Young Children in India

This paper provides unique evidence of a reversal of gender gaps in cognitive development in early childhood. We find steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses its sign for the upper caste, with girls performing better than boys at age 5 but thereafter following the general pattern in India of boys performing better.

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Year of publication:	2014-05
Authors:	López Bóo, Florencia ; Canon, Maria Eugenia
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	cognitive skills \| India \| gender \| caste inequality \| children \| Oaxaca

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 8191 16 pages
Classification:	I2 - Education ; J1 - Demographic Economics ; J7 - Discrimination
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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