School Context and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement

American Sociological Review

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 463-485

  Legewie, Joscha ^a   DiPrete, Thomas A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

causal inference; education; gender; gender gap; peer effects

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 84858396353     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122412440802     Document Type: Article

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