Research Article

Gender Gaps in Human Capital in Developing Countries: An Empirical Assessment

Table 5

Dependent variable: ratio of girls to boys’ enrollments in primary and secondary schools (revised model).

Coefficient estimate -statistic

Intercept 117.286 8.766
Pov$2 −0.064 −1.175
rural 1.978*
urban −0.297 −2.165**
MatMort −0.010 −1.402

Adjusted 2 = 0.315.
*Significant at the 10 percent level.
**Significant at the 5 percent level.