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Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from Young Children in India
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.
JEL Classification: I2; J1; J7;
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Part of Series: Working Papers
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
Number: 2014-11
Pages: 15 pages