Boys and Girls Educational Opportunities in Thailand: The Effects of Siblings, Migrations, School Proximity, and Village Remoteness

Sara Curran, Chang Chung, Wendy Cadge and Anchalee Varangrat
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Sara Curran: Princeton University
Chang Chung: Princeton University
Wendy Cadge: Princeton University
Anchalee Varangrat: Institute for Population and Social Research Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhom Prathom, Thailand

No 304, Working Papers from Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Office of Population Research.

Abstract: Within individual countries, the paths towards increasing educational attainment are not always linear and individuals are not equally affected. Differences between boys' and girls' educational attainments are a common expression of this inequality as boys are more often favored for continued schooling. We examine the importance of birth cohort, sibship size, migration, school accessibility for explaining both the gender gap and its narrowing in secondary schooling in one district in Northeast Thailand between 1984-1994. Birth cohort is a significant explanation for the narrowing of the gender gap. Migration, sibship size, and remote village location are important explanations for limited secondary education opportunities, especially for girls.

Keywords: Thailand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-05
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