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ERIC Number: EJ580378
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-4086
Female Education and Development in Asia. Essay Review.
Ross, Heidi
Comparative Education Review, v43 n1 p110-16 Feb 1999
Review of "Women, Education, and Development in Asia: Cross-National Perspectives" (Grace Mak, editor) and "Girls' Schooling, Women's Autonomy and Fertility Change in South Asia" (Roger Jeffery, Alaka Basu, editors) discusses the unpredictable impact of schooling on women, a critical gender-based perspective on human capital theory, effects of schooling on fertility, and women as agents of development. (SV)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Birth Rate, Book Reviews, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Empowerment, Females, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Outcomes of Education, Personal Autonomy, Womens Education
Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Asia