Gender Differences in Completed Schooling
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Gender differences in the schooling experiences of adolescents in low-income countries: the case of Kenya.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Review of Economics and Statistics
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0034-6535,1530-9142
DOI: 10.1162/003465303322369722