Abstract
The sex variable has been discussed at great length in economic education research reports, because it so often appears that males learn more than females in the college introductory course. The authors of this study go beyond idle speculation as to the reasons for this puzzling phenomenon, however, and attempt to determine the point at which the male-female differential first appears. They note that significant sex differences rarely occur at the precollege level, and report the results of their own study of some 2,000 pupils in elementary and secondary schools. Asserting that the sex-linked differences in learning begin to occur “between the late high school years and the sophomore year of college,” the authors assume that the differences are “wholly cultural in origin” and present several possible explanations.
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