The impact of gender inequality in education on rural poverty in pakistan: An empirical analysis

European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences

Volumn , Issue 15, 2009, Pages 174-188

  Chaudhry, Imran Sharif ^a   ur Rahman, Saeed ^a  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Education; Gender inequality; Logit regression modeling; Pakistan; Rural poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350338410     PISSN: 14502275     EISSN: 14502275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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