Primary and Secondary Effects of Gender on Educational Attainment: Toward a Better Understanding of the Academic Underachievement of Boys

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Observational analysis demonstrates gender expectations influence educational achievement in Norway, highlighting disparities.

Educational expectations and male-typed occupational aspirations explain about one third of the gender gap in grade point average.
For college completion by age 28, expectations and aspirations account for 52 percent of the gender gap between boys and girls.
Having male-typed occupational aspirations alone explains 37 to 43 percent of the gender gap, depending on educational expectations.
The analysis is based on longitudinal survey data of 1,076 youth born in 1992 in Norway, providing valuable insights.

Liza Reisel (2025) studied this question.

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