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
Authors:	López Bóo, Florencia ; Canon, Maria Eugenia
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	cognitive skills \| India \| gender \| caste inequality \| children \| Oaxaca

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 8191
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	786649305 [GVK] hdl:10419/98925 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izadps:dp8191 [RePEc]
Classification:	I2 - Education ; J1 - Demographic Economics ; J7 - Discrimination
Source:	EconStor

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