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Leaving Boys Behind

Gender Disparities in High Academic Achievement

Nicole M. Fortin, Philip Oreopoulos and Shelley Phipps
Journal of Human Resources, July 2015, 50 (3) 549-579; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.3.549
Nicole M. Fortin
Nicole Fortin is professor of economics at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia. Philip Oreopoulos is professor of economics at the University of Toronto. Shelley Phipps is professor of economics at Dalhousie University. All co-authors are Senior Research Fellows at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
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Philip Oreopoulos
Nicole Fortin is professor of economics at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia. Philip Oreopoulos is professor of economics at the University of Toronto. Shelley Phipps is professor of economics at Dalhousie University. All co-authors are Senior Research Fellows at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
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Nicole Fortin is professor of economics at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia. Philip Oreopoulos is professor of economics at the University of Toronto. Shelley Phipps is professor of economics at Dalhousie University. All co-authors are Senior Research Fellows at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
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vol. 50 no. 3 549-579
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.3.549
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received August 1, 2012
  • Accepted April 1, 2014
  • Published online July 30, 2015.
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© 2015 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System This open access article is distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0) and is freely available online at: http://jhr.uwpress.org

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  1. Nicole M. Fortin,
  2. Philip Oreopoulos and
  3. Shelley Phipps
  1. Nicole Fortin is professor of economics at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia. Philip Oreopoulos is professor of economics at the University of Toronto. Shelley Phipps is professor of economics at Dalhousie University. All co-authors are Senior Research Fellows at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
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