Why women are progressive in education? Gender disparities in human capital, labor markets, and family arrangement in the Philippines

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 196-206

  Yamauchi, Futoshi ^a   Tiongco, Marites ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Education; Family; Gender; Labor market; Philippines

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84870507521     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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