Decomposing the gender gap in cognitive skills in a poor rural economy

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 229-254

  Alderman, Harold ^a   Behrman, Jere R ^b   Ross, David R ^c   Sabot, Richard ^a,d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SKILL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER PERSPECTIVE; RURAL SOCIETY;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0029826949     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146049     Document Type: Article

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