Gender specialization of skill acquisition

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Ishida, Junichiro ^a   Nosaka, Hiromi ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Gender specialization; Human capital investment; Intrahousehold bargaining; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749065650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1817     Document Type: Article

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