Why Young Boys Stumble: Early Tracking, Age and Gender Bias in the German School System

German Economic Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-394

  Jürges, Hendrik ^a   Schneider, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age and gender bias; Educational tracking; I21; I28

Indexed keywords

AGE; GENDER; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 80053561814     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2011.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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