The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition
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 a...
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| description | 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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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-668622018-05-18T08:07:10Z The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition Le, H. Nguyen, Ha 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. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66862 10.1186/s40172-018-0062-y Springer restricted |
| spellingShingle | Le, H. Nguyen, Ha The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition |
| title | The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition |
| title_full | The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition |
| title_fullStr | The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition |
| title_full_unstemmed | The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition |
| title_short | The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition |
| title_sort | evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: new insights from australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition |
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