Reverse Gender Gap in Schooling in Bangladesh: Insights from Urban and Rural Households

This paper documents a reverse gender gap in secondary schooling outcomes in Bangladesh drawing upon several rounds of nationally representative household survey data. In terms of enrolment status and years of schooling completed, boys are found to lag behind girls in the rural as well as in the urb...

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Main Authors: Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz, Chaudhury, Nazmul
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4727