[xkbarkar]

I thought this paper https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304746653_Pushed_or....

On the differences of gender dropout in Italy was a very interesting point. They suggest that it is simply easier for a boy to dropout from High School to get a job than it is for a girl.

So when we mention girls do better at school. Perhaps a factor such as incentive may play a role.

The paper suggests an uneducated boy will fare better on the job market than an uneducated girl and thus have less incentive to do well at school and drop out earlier.

I thought it was an interesting view that deviates from the usual ones

I saw one paper that showed gay boys excelled at school on average. But they were clear on that how the data was collected may have affected the outcome. In US for example, a boy that admits to being gay is more likely to come from a liberal well educated home. And children of well educated parents tend fare better at school. Knitting socio economics back to the reason for doing well.