Childhood sexual victimization, educational attainment, and the returns to schooling

Education Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-421

  Robst, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Women's education

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FEMALE; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SEXUALITY;

EID: 78650104116     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290903102837     Document Type: Article

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