Gender Differences in Educational Attainment: The Case of University Students in England and Wales

By R. Mcnabb, S. Pal, Peter J. Sloane. 2002

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Education, Occupation and Career Expectations: Determinants of the Gender Pay Gap for UK Graduates. CEE DP 69. (2006, background): “…returns reflect specific supply and demand for graduates, but it is also worth noting that subjects most popular with women (humanities/languages) are associated with lower grades (McNabb et al., 2002), higher risk of unemployment, over-education and lower average pay in general (Chevalier, 2002).”
The relative effectiveness of government and private schools in Pakistan: are girls worse off? (2009, background): “Moreover, teaching techniques may be dissimilar for male and female children or there may be well‐entrenched stereotypes in pupil assessment (McNabb, Pal, and Sloane 2001 ).”
Gender and Student Achievement in English Schools (2005, background): “5 In the UK, examples are McNabb et al. (2002) and Smith and Naylor (2001).”
Widening participation through admissions policy – a British case study of school and university performance (2011, unknown): “McNabb, Pal, and Sloane 2002 ; Woodfield and Earl‐Novell 2006 ).”
Gender and overconfidence (2005, background): “The exam consists of four questions, and in order to get the grade P on the entire exam, you need a P on each one of these four 0165-1765/ doi:10.1016 * Corre E-mail a 1 Cf. Ba $ - see front matter D 2004 Elsevier B.V.”