Early gender test score gaps across OECD countries

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-363

  Bedard, Kelly ^a   Cho, Insook ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Educational institutions; Gender gap; Test scores

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EDUCATION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; OECD;

EID: 77950866187     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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