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Sex-Differences in Language and Socio-Emotional Skills: Evidence from Large Scale Studies of Very Young Children
This study explores sex differences in language and socio-emotional skills on children 7 months to 6 years old in Latin-America. Females had a significant advantage in both dimensions. To our knowledge, this is the first study to document sex differences in these dimensions at a very young age. In part, we believe this is due to our uniquely large sample size. We found geographical and cultural variation across the countries under study did not affect the gap. Within countries, variation in family characteristics, parenting practices and health investments did not explain the gap. The identification of biological and environmental factors is necessary to inform whether policy should tailor inputs to ensure equality of opportunities.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10315
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Education and Economic Development
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
- Subject
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gender gaps
sex gaps
language
social skills
emotional skills
early childhood
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bando, Rosangela
López Bóo, Florencia
Li, Xia
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2016
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Bando, Rosangela
- López Bóo, Florencia
- Li, Xia
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2016
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