The female advantage in college academic achievements and horizontal sex segregation

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-119

  Alon, Sigal ^a   Gelbgiser, Dafna ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievements; Gender; Higher education: the female advantage; Horizontal sex segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149468367     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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