Deborah A. Cobb?Clark|Julie Moschion
Gender gaps in early educational achievement
University of Melbourne|University of Melbourne
paper analyzes source gender gap thirdgrade numeracy reading adopt oaxacablinder approach decompose gender gap educational achievement endowment response components estimation relies unusually rich panel data longitudinal survey australian children information child development reported parents teachers linked childs results national standardized achievement test find girls low middlesocioeconomicstatus ses families advantage reading boys highses families advantage numeracy girls score higher thirdgrade reading tests large part ready school age 4 better teacherassessed literacy skills kindergarten boys advantage numeracy occurs achieve higher numeracy test scores girls educationrelated characteristics