Gender disparity in education and the international competition for foreign direct investment

Feminist Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 61-90

  Busse, Matthias ^a   Nunnenkamp, Peter ^b  

^a Hamburg Institute of International Economics   (Germany)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Foreign direct investment; Gender inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450079753     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700802528315     Document Type: Article

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