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DESCRIPTION:Eric Chyn\n\nCan Gifted Education Help Higher-Ability Boys from
  Disadvantaged Backgrounds?\n\nBoys are less likely than girls to enter co
 llege\, a gap that is often attributed to a lack of non-cognitive skills s
 uch as motivation and self-discipline. We study how being classified as gi
 fted – determined by having an IQ score of 116 or higher – affects col
 lege entry rates of disadvantaged children in a large urban school distric
 t. For boys with IQ’s around the cutoff\, gifted identification raises t
 he college entry rate by 25-30 percentage points – enough to catch up wi
 th girls in the same IQ range. In contrast\, we find small effects for gir
 ls. Looking at course-taking and grade outcomes in middle and high school\
 , we find large effects of gifted status for boys that close most of the g
 aps with girls\, but no detectable effects on standardized tests scores of
  either gender. Overall\, we interpret the evidence as demonstrating that 
 gifted services raise the non-cognitive skills of boys conditional on thei
 r cognitive skills\, leading to gains in educational attainment.
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SUMMARY:Labor & Public Economics Workshop: Eric Chyn
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 hop-eric-chyn
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