Female leadership raises aspirations and educational attainment for girls: A policy experiment in India

Science

Volumn 335, Issue 6068, 2012, Pages 582-586

  Beaman, Lori ^a   Duflo, Esther ^b   Pande, Rohini ^c   Topalova, Petia ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ELECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; LEADERSHIP; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LABOR; LEADERSHIP; PARENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

INDIA;

EID: 84856684299     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1212382     Document Type: Article

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