Gender differences of academic performance in compulsory education in rural Southwestern China

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 203-214

  Gong, Xin ^a   Ding, Yanqing ^b   Tsang, Mun C ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Academic performance; China; Gender difference; Gender gap; HLM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919615780     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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