Reversal of gender gaps in child development: Evidence from young children in India

Florencia Lopez Boo; Maria Eugenia Canon

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2014.04.021

Reversal of gender gaps in child development: Evidence from young children in India

Florencia Lopez Boo
, Maria Eugenia Canon

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This paper provides unique evidence of a reversal of gender gaps in cognitive development in early childhood. We find steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses its sign for the upper caste, with girls performing better than boys at age 5 but thereafter following the general pattern in India of boys performing better.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-59
Number of pages	5
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	124
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2014.04.021
State	Published - Jul 2014

Keywords

Caste inequality
Children
Cognitive skills
Gender
India
Oaxaca

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