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Female child’s educational advantage is substantially more pronounced in female-headed households (father less-educated or not present)

Topic: Education

Source

Citation: Wayward Sons: the Emerging Gender Gap in Labor Markets and Education, p. 44

Author(s): Autor, Wasserman

Institution(s): MIT

Link: http://economics.mit.edu/files/8756

Nation(s): United States

Year(s): 2010

Source: Primary

Type: Statistical Analysis

Discussion

Other Notes:

In households with present, educated father, boys and girls equally likely to complete college