The costs of missing the Millennium development goal on gender equity

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1075-1107

  Abu Ghaida, Dina ^a   Klasen, Stephan ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Discrimination; Economics of gender; Education; Fertility

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATION; EQUITY; GENDER RELATIONS;

EID: 3042590766     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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