because they achieve higher numeracy test scores than girls with the same education-related characteristics. …

the vast majority of countries. Third, in many countries with low levels of education for both men and women in 1960 … better. Fourth, gender gaps rarely persist in countries where boys attain high levels of education. Most countries with large … education than men in some regions of the world. Although gender gaps in educational attainment are diminishing in most …

We examine colonial-era primary education as a determinant of modern-day attainment and gender disparities in education … influence of colonial schools on the probability of attaining primary and secondary education in 2004. Overall, schools … dedicated to Moroccans in 1931 exhibit a persistent positive impact on education outcomes, but only in the absence of nearby …

Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady … and the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a similar study of the gender effects of education using province … level data for Turkey. The main findings indicate that female education positively and significantly affects the steady …