Mathematics gender gaps in Kenya: Are resource differentials between boys and girls to blame?

The Blinder-Oaxaca approach has been used to decompose the gender gap in mathematics test scores in private and public primary schools in Kenya. That is, the mathematics production functions are estimated separately for boys and girls, the difference between the boys’ and girls’ average scores is es...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alice Ng’ang’a, Leopold P. Mureithi, Anthony Wambugu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Cogent Education
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2018.1564163