Boys are doing worse in school than are girls, which has been dubbed “the Boy Crisis.” An analysis of the latest data … on educational outcomes among boys and girls reveals extensive disparities in grades, reading and writing test scores … disadvantaged schoolchildren, I then examine whether time investments made by boys and girls related to computer use contribute to …

, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … high school classmates (peers), after controlling for school and teachers fixed effects. We find that male students …

in higher education. We investigate students' knowledge and their receptiveness to information campaigns about the costs … and benefits of staying on in education. We compare the effects of a specially designed information campaign to the …

impacts boys' attainment more than girls'. The gender education gap in tertiary education is correlated with the development …We study the mechanisms that are associated with the gender education gap and its reversal in Germany. We focus on … family background nor labor market characteristics appear to be strongly associated with the gender education gap. There is …

effects on schooling outcomes and, more so, for less able pupils …

-ability pupils. Schools are free in deciding how to spend the additional money. I use a nonparametric bounds analysis to estimate … upper and lower bounds on the effect of additional funds on exam results of pupils. First I investigate what can be …

graduates from secondary education with a vocational and a general curriculum. The wage gap initially increased and then …

being more important for boys than girls. Using additional survey data we find that the development of confidence is the …

of their offspring and examine whether it is gender-assortative or whether the maternal or paternal overweight is related … among white children and older parents. We also find support for the existence of an unanticipated gender … overweight among girls when their mother is obese …