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Girls Dominate, Boys Left Behind: Decomposing the Gender Gap in Education Outcomes in Jamaica.

This paper utilizes administrative data to investigate the gender gap in high school performance on various high-stakes exams and the gender disparity in academic outcomes at the leading university in the Caribbean. The results show that female students outperformed their male peers, being 8.5 and 6...

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Published in:Economía Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 21 - 43
Main Author: Wright, Nicholas A.
Format: Article
Published: London School of Economics & Political Science 2025
Subjects:
Caribbean
Jamaica
Academic achievement
Standardized tests
Gender inequality
University & college admission
Educational outcomes
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