Gender, single-sex schooling and maths achievement

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-119

  Doris, Aedín ^a   O'Neill, Donal ^a,b   Sweetman, Olive ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender gap; Mathematics; Single sex education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GENDER ROLE; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

IRELAND;

EID: 84878041220     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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