Where has all the bias gone? Detecting gender bias in the intrahousehold allocation of educational expenditure

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 409-451

  Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EXPENDITURE; GENDER DISPARITY; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 14644411052     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425379     Document Type: Article

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