Social and behavioral skills and the gender gap in early educational achievement

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  DiPrete, Thomas A ^a   Jennings, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational achievement; Gender; Gender stratification; Social and behavior skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855172107     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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