Gender disparities in science and engineering in Chinese universities

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-235

  Guo, Congbin ^a   Tsang, Mun C ^b   Ding, Xiaohao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Gender inequality; Higher education; Science and engineering

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; HIGHER EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

CHINA;

EID: 77649341409     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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