The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition
dc.contributor.author | Le, H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, Ha | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-18T07:56:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-05-18T07:56:22Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-05-18T00:22:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 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. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66862 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s40172-018-0062-y | |
dc.description.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. | |
dc.publisher | Springer | |
dc.title | The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 7 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 2193-8997 | |
dcterms.source.title | IZA : Journal of Labor Economics | |
curtin.department | Bankwest-Curtin Economics Centre | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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