Tag: Sex and gender
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Explaining the Gender Gap in Education
Changes in women’s employment, family life, ambitions, socialisation and the impact of feminism all explain the gender gap in education
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Gender and Educational Achievement – Evaluating the Role of Out of School Factors
One of the out of school factors which could explain why girls do better than boys in education is that girls have higher aspirations than boys. Here’s some recent research which supports this while also suggesting that the relationship between gender and aspiration is also strongly influenced by social class background. The data below’s taken…