Gender, sibship structure, and educational inequality in Taiwan: Son preference revisited

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1057-1068

  Yu, Wei Hsin ^a   Su, Kuo Hsien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Education; Family dynamics; Norms; Sibship structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749580049     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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