The mythical 'boy crisis'?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-48

  Husain, Muna ^a   Millimet, Daniel L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boy crisis; Gender; Human capital; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN CAPITAL; RACISM; STUDENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57349112314     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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