Gender, poverty, family structure, and investments in children's education in Kinshasa, Congo

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 359-375

  Shapiro, David ^a   Oleko Tambashe, B ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Community Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Economic development; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; INVESTMENT;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 0342467944     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(00)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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