Explaining the “Explained”: An Examination of the Gender-Based Education Gap in India and its Impact on the Wage Gap
Analysis of the National Sample Survey Data from 2011-2012 shows that a gender-based education gap exists. Women are more likely than men to be illiterate. Some parents continue to view household duties as more important than education in the case of girls, causing some to drop out in primary and mi...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2013
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/724 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1818&context=cmc_theses |