Why Do Girls in Rural China Have Lower School Enrollment?

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1639-1653

  Song, Lina ^a   Appleton, Simon ^a   Knight, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; educational enrollment; gender discrimination; intra household allocation; labor market

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; RURAL POPULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33747341083     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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