Gender and wealth disparities in schooling: evidence from 44 countries

Resource type
Journal Article
Author/contributor
Title
Gender and wealth disparities in schooling: evidence from 44 countries
Abstract
This paper uses internationally comparable household data sets (Demographic and Health Surveys) to investigate how gender and wealth interact to generate within-country inequalities in educational enrollment and attainment. The paper highlights that girls are at a great educational disadvantage in particular regions: South Asia and North, Western, and Central Africa. There are two main new findings. First, while gender gaps are large in a subset of countries, wealth gaps are large in almost all of the countries studied--and typically larger than corresponding gender gaps. Second, and of special concern, is the finding that in particular countries where there is a large female disadvantage in enrollment, wealth interacts with gender to exacerbate the gap in educational outcomes.
Publication
International Journal of Educational Research
Volume
43
Issue
6
Pages
351-369
Date
2005/00/00
Language
en
ISSN
0883-0355
Short Title
Gender and wealth disparities in schooling
Accessed
03/10/2021, 12:50
Library Catalogue
ERIC
Extra
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation
Filmer, D. (2005). Gender and wealth disparities in schooling: evidence from 44 countries. International Journal of Educational Research, 43(6), 351–369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2006.06.012