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How girls fall behind on cognitive performance: quantile decomposition evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India
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Cognitive competence is a fragile construct and a range of factors influence whether individuals perform above or below their ability. Using rich longitudinal data collected by Young Lives from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India (2002-2009), this paper studies two cohorts of children at two points in time (at 5 and 8 years, and 12 and 15 years of age) and examines gender inequality in performance in language and math tests. It looks at the contribution of a rich set of explanatory variab...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Nair, D
Grant:
R8544
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- Young Lives Publisher's website
- Series:
- Young Lives Working Paper
- Place of publication:
- http://www.younglives.org.uk/publications/WP
- Publication date:
- 2013-01-01
- Paper number:
- 115
- ISBN:
- 9781909403284
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- English
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- ora:7983
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- 2014-02-06
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- 2013
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This paper was presented at a conference on Inequalities in Children’s Outcomes in Developing
Countries hosted by Young Lives at St Anne’s College, Oxford on 8-9 July 2013.
http://www.younglives.org.uk/news/news/children-inequalities-younglives-conference-2013
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