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Garcy, Anthony M – Online Submission, 2015
This study tests the hypothesis that a disjuncture between an individual's attained level of education and that held by average workers in the individual's occupation leads to higher mortality among those with a prolonged mismatched status. Swedish register data are used in a 19-year longitudinal mortality follow-up study of all causes and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Death, Educational Attainment
Shafiq, M. Najeeb – Online Submission, 2011
Using quantile regression analyses, this study examines gender gaps in mathematics, science, and reading in Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Jordan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Qatar, Tunisia, and Turkey among 15 year-old students. The analyses show that girls in Azerbaijan achieve as well as boys in mathematics and science and overachieve in reading. In Jordan,…
Descriptors: Muslims, Social Characteristics, Overachievement, Academic Achievement