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A Widening Gap? A Gender-Based Analysis of Performance on the Colombian High School Exit Examination

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  • Luz Karime Abadía
  • Gloria Bernal

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In this article, we provide evidence that girls underperform boys with similar characteristics on the Colombian high school exit examination. Using the quantile regression technique, we find a significant gender gap favoring boys, which widens along the distribution. The Juhn-Murphy-Pierce decomposition shows that personal, family, and school characteristics explain a small part of the gap whereas differences in returns play an important role. In addition, we show that the observed gap differs significantly by administrative regions, suggesting that specific characteristics of each region could be influencing girls’ performance.

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  • Luz Karime Abadía & Gloria Bernal, 2017. "A Widening Gap? A Gender-Based Analysis of Performance on the Colombian High School Exit Examination," Revista de Economía del Rosario, Universidad del Rosario, vol. 20(1), pages 5-31, June.
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    1. Fernando Barrios Aguirre & Diego A. Forero & Martha Patricia Castellanos Saavedra & Sandra Yaneth Mora Malagón, 2021. "The Impact of Computer and Internet at Home on Academic Results of the Saber 11 National Exam in Colombia," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(3), pages 21582440211, August.

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    Keywords

    Gender gap; exit examination; Juhn-Murphy-Pierce descomposition;
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    JEL classification:

    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • A21 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Pre-college
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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