The gender difference of peer influence in higher education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-134

  Han, Li ^a   Li, Tao ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GENDER DISPARITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 57349110216     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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