Males at the Tails: How Socioeconomic Status Shapes the Gender Gap
研究发现儿童行为与学业成绩的性别差距主要由分布极端值驱动，家庭社会经济地位对低分位男孩的影响更大，这显著影响了高中辍学率的性别差距。
Abstract We document that the female advantage in childhood behavioural and academic outcomes is driven by gender gaps at the extremes of the outcome distribution. Using unconditional quantile regression, we show that family socioeconomic status particularly influences boys’ relative to girls’ outcomes at the lower tails of the outcome distribution, precisely where gender gaps are most pronounced. These relationships are not explained by school or neighbourhood factors, or parents’ differential treatment of boys. The disproportionate effect of socioeconomic status on boys at the tails substantially contributes to the gender gap in high school dropout.