Reversal of gender gaps in child development: Evidence from young children in India

Florencia Lopez Boo, Maria Eugenia Canon

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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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)55-59
Number of pages5
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume124
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2014

Keywords

  • Caste inequality
  • Children
  • Cognitive skills
  • Gender
  • India
  • Oaxaca

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics

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