Abstract：A growing body of literature indicates the potential economic and social benefits of human capital investment in female and in narrowing gender gaps in education. After six decades of educational development, gender inequalities in education have narrowed to a certain degree. However, women are still under-represented in higher education and underpaid in labor market compared to their male counterpart. Based on a framework of gender inequality in education proposed by ADB, this paper reviews the trends of gender inequality in education in China in three aspects: gender differences in educational opportunity, educational performance, and economic returns in labor markets. In each aspect, potential factors that can influence the rise or fall of gender gap are explained in details. Finally, this paper proposes several directions for future investigations.
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