Religion and female educational attainment

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 961-986

  Norton, Seth W ^a   Tomal, Annette ^a  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Gender; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249137111     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2009.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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