ERIC Number: EJ922061
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 19
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Gender and Wealth Disparities in Schooling: Evidence from 44 Countries
Filmer, Deon
International Journal of Educational Research, v43 n6 p351-369 2005
This paper uses internationally comparable household data sets (Demographic and Health Surveys) to investigate how gender and wealth interact to generate within-country inequalities in educational enrollment and attainment. The paper highlights that girls are at a great educational disadvantage in particular regions: South Asia and North, Western, and Central Africa. There are two main new findings. First, while gender gaps are large in a subset of countries, wealth gaps are large in almost all of the countries studied--and typically larger than corresponding gender gaps. Second, and of special concern, is the finding that in particular countries where there is a large female disadvantage in enrollment, wealth interacts with gender to exacerbate the gap in educational outcomes.
Descriptors: Evidence, Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Enrollment, Females, Comparative Analysis, Gender Differences, Fiscal Capacity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Africa; Asia
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