Male–female achievement variance comparisons are not robust
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Human capital; Variance hypothesis; Gender differences; Achievement; Inequality;All these keywords.
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- J - Labor and Demographic Economics
- J - Labor and Demographic Economics
- I - Health, Education, and Welfare
- I - Health, Education, and Welfare
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