TY - JOUR
T1 - Revisiting the gender academic achievement gap
T2 - evidence from a unique environment
AU - Alfarhan, Usamah F.
AU - Dauletova, Victoria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/10/3
Y1 - 2019/10/3
N2 - This paper reports evidence on the decomposition of a gender academic achievement gap (GAAP) at the university level by type of college from a unique environment, where the majority of an undergraduate student population shares similar socio-economic and demographic backgrounds and attends the largest and only public university in the country. Results show that between 37% and 45% of the GAAP is due to gender differentials in observable characteristics, and between 55% and 63% is due to the differential in the rates at which productivity-related characteristics are converted into academic achievement. In humanities, the GAAP is a strong reflection of students’ performance at the high school level, whereas at scientific colleges it is also explained by the differentials in the returns to their respective abilities, and by the returns to their behavioral attitudes towards university education.
AB - This paper reports evidence on the decomposition of a gender academic achievement gap (GAAP) at the university level by type of college from a unique environment, where the majority of an undergraduate student population shares similar socio-economic and demographic backgrounds and attends the largest and only public university in the country. Results show that between 37% and 45% of the GAAP is due to gender differentials in observable characteristics, and between 55% and 63% is due to the differential in the rates at which productivity-related characteristics are converted into academic achievement. In humanities, the GAAP is a strong reflection of students’ performance at the high school level, whereas at scientific colleges it is also explained by the differentials in the returns to their respective abilities, and by the returns to their behavioral attitudes towards university education.
KW - Labor economics
KW - decomposition analysis
KW - gender mainstreaming
KW - higher education
KW - human capital
KW - middle east
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U2 - 10.1080/09540253.2017.1324129
DO - 10.1080/09540253.2017.1324129
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020190802
SN - 0954-0253
VL - 31
SP - 827
EP - 848
JO - Gender and Education
JF - Gender and Education
IS - 7
ER -
