Are boys discriminated in Swedish high schools?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 682-690

  Hinnerich, Björn Tyrefors ^a,b   Höglin, Erik ^c   Johannesson, Magnus ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Swedish Fiscal Policy Council   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Educational economics; Efficiency; Field experiments; Gender; Grading

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GENDER ISSUE; METHODOLOGY; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 79956360343     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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