Education gender gaps in Pakistan: Is the labor market to blame?

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 747-784

  Aslam, Monazza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; SELF EMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349492463     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598767     Document Type: Article

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