Is the gender gap in school performance affected by the sex of the teacher?

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-53

  Holmlund, Helena ^a   Sund, Krister ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economics of education; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249035714     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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