Siblings and gender differences in African-American college attendance

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Loury, Linda Datcher ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational outcomes; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; GENDER DISPARITY; HUMAN CAPITAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842712478     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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