Gender differences in school attendance of Indian children

Gender differences in school attendance of Indian children

We examine the gender gap in school attendance of children aged 7-14 in India using National Family Health Survey Three (NFHS-3). We demonstrate that the choice of the sample examined has important implications for policy. A household decision model is used to motivate whether a child attends school...

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Main Author: Barnes, Alexander Corbett
Other Authors: Clarke, Judith A.
Language:English
en
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Economics
Economic Development
Applied Econometrics
Decomposition
Education India
Child Labour
Child Labor
Oaxaca
Blinder
Bivariate Probit
School Attendance
India
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3915

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http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3915

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