Gender differences in primary and secondary education: Are girls really outperforming boys?

International Review of Education

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-86

  Driessen, Geert ^a   van Langen, Annemarie ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boys problem; Empirical analyses; Gender gap; Large scale databases; Primary and secondary education; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENDER RELATIONS; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84878778884     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11159-013-9352-6     Document Type: Article

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