Does the labour market explain lower female schooling in India?

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-65

  Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Gender disparity; India; Labor market

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET;

INDIA;

EID: 0032426250     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220389808422554     Document Type: Article

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