CIMA Brief #24: Are Gender Gaps Increasing in the Caribbean?
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
Feb 2024
Subject
Women;
Education;
High School;
Gender Gap;
Higher Education;
Gender Wage Gap;
Education Enrollment
JEL code
I24 - Education and Inequality;
J16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
Country
Trinidad and Tobago;
Jamaica;
Barbados;
Bahamas;
Guyana
Category
Catalogs and Brochures
The Caribbean region has made considerable progress in educational outcomes, achieving a secondary enrollment above 80 percent. However, there are still significant challenges in learning results, as shown by the relatively low passing rates in the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC). Moreover, the growing gender gaps in educational attainment and completion in favor or girls do not translate to the labor market, as outcomes for women are worse than those for men.
