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    The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition

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    Authors
    Le, H.
    Nguyen, Ha
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Le, H. and Nguyen, H. 2018. The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition. IZA : Journal of Labor Economics. 7.
    Source Title
    IZA : Journal of Labor Economics
    DOI
    10.1186/s40172-018-0062-y
    ISSN
    2193-8997
    School
    Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66862
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    Abstract

    This paper documents the patterns and examines the factors contributing to a gender gap in educational achievements in early seventh grade of schooling using a recent and nationally representative panel of Australian children. Regression results indicate that females excel at non-numeracy subjects at later grades whereas males outperform females in numeracy in all grades, whether at the mean or along the distribution of the test score. Our results also reveal a widening gender test score gap in numeracy as students advance their schooling. Regression and decomposition results also highlight the importance of controlling for pre-school cognitive skills in examining the gender test score gap.

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