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Title: Counteracting Influences Underlying Gender Differences in Educational Attainment
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Wojtkiewicz, Roger A. |
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Counteracting Influences Underlying Gender Differences in Educational Attainment Presented: San Francisco, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, 1995 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): College Education; Educational Attainment; Marriage; Women's Education Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In recent decades, the educational attainment of women has increased relative to men. At first glance this change could be attributed to diminishing gender differences in the process of college attainment. One factor which previous research has shown negatively affects women more than men is marriage. While it is true that the average age at marriage has increased for both men and women in recent years, women still marry at younger ages than men. Thus, early marriage still may exert a stronger negative influence on women than men. In my paper, I investigate which other variables compensate for the negative effects of early marriage for women. I use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. |
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Wojtkiewicz, Roger A. "Counteracting Influences Underlying Gender Differences in Educational Attainment." Presented: San Francisco, CA, Population Association of America Meetings, 1995. |