Why Do Girls in Rural China Have Lower School Enrollment?
Boys are more likely than girls to attend school in rural China. There is evidence that gender equity is a "luxury good"; the demand for female schooling is more income elastic than that for male schooling. Maternal education generally has a stronger effect on primary school enrollment and...
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| description | Boys are more likely than girls to attend school in rural China. There is evidence that gender equity is a "luxury good"; the demand for female schooling is more income elastic than that for male schooling. Maternal education generally has a stronger effect on primary school enrollment and on educational expenditure than paternal education does. However, maternal education has a weaker effect on girls' enrollment in secondary school than paternal education does. There appears to be no monetary return to schooling for women, but a modest benefit for men. Households also appear to face a higher opportunity cost when enrolling young women than when enrolling young men. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:525122db-addb-4a57-a994-8e77eeb477d42022-03-26T16:24:54ZWhy Do Girls in Rural China Have Lower School Enrollment?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:525122db-addb-4a57-a994-8e77eeb477d4EnglishDepartment of Economics - ePrints2006Song, LAppleton, SKnight, JBoys are more likely than girls to attend school in rural China. There is evidence that gender equity is a "luxury good"; the demand for female schooling is more income elastic than that for male schooling. Maternal education generally has a stronger effect on primary school enrollment and on educational expenditure than paternal education does. However, maternal education has a weaker effect on girls' enrollment in secondary school than paternal education does. There appears to be no monetary return to schooling for women, but a modest benefit for men. Households also appear to face a higher opportunity cost when enrolling young women than when enrolling young men. |
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