CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Khizar, Saheem |
|---|---|
| Title | Gender-differences in learning outcomes: evidence from Pakistan |
| Summary | This paper examines the socio-cultural constraints that play a role in widening gender-based learning gaps in Pakistan. The paper provides evidence that these learning differences are not uniform across age. We find no evidence of the difference in learning across genders at the early age of child. However, as they grow, the gender-based learning gap increases. The paper uses a countrywide dataset on children’s learning level. It conducts an empirical analysis of different socio-economic and cultural factors including household wealth, household size, parental education level, school enrollment to study its gender-specific effects on the learning levels of children. The paper proposes a set of possible policy solutions that can help improve gender-based learning differences in Pakistan and other developing countries facing similar challenges of quality education and school enrollment. |
| Supervisor | Murugesan, Anand |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/khizar_saheem.pdf |
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