Podcasts Government Asia's Developing Future In the Peoples Republic of China, girls now have more schooling than boys

In the Peoples Republic of China, girls now have more schooling than boys

Published: Dec. 5, 2018, midnight

b'Girls now have more schooling on average than boys in the People\\u2019s Republic of China, reversing the age-old tradition of sons being better educated than daughters.\\n\\nOne driver of change is China\\u2019s rapid economic growth over the past several decades, which has raised female literacy and living standards, leading to females receiving more schooling. Government policies limiting families to just one child and requiring them to send all children to school are also major factors.\\n\\nKathleen McGarry and Xiaoting Sun of UCLA explain the factors contributing to the change in trend.\\n\\nRead the transcript\\nhttps://bit.ly/2QcPhW4\\n\\nRead the working paper\\nhttps://www.adb.org/publications/three-generations-changing-gender-patterns-schooling-prc\\n\\nAbout the authors\\nKathleen McGarry is a professor and vice chair in the Department of Economics at UCLA and a research associate at National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.\\nXiaoting Sun is a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at UCLA.\\n\\nKnow more about ADBI\\u2019s work\\nhttps://bit.ly/2Q7FMXZ\\nhttps://bit.ly/2zzBgHH'