Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from Young Children in India

Florencia Lopez Boo and Maria Eugenia Canon ()
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Maria Eugenia Canon: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

No 8191, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper provides unique evidence of a reversal of gender gaps in cognitive development in early childhood. We find steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses its sign for the upper caste, with girls performing better than boys at age 5 but thereafter following the general pattern in India of boys performing better.

Keywords: caste inequality; gender; India; cognitive skills; children; Oaxaca (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 J1 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2014-05
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Published - published in:Economics Letters, 2014, 124(1), 55-59

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