Gender and student achievement in english schools

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 357-372

  Machin, Stephen ^a   McNally, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GENDER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 31744432173     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/gri021     Document Type: Article

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