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Direct linkHannum, Emily; Kong, Peggy; Zhang, Yuping – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
In this paper, we investigate the gender gap in education in rural northwest China. We first discuss parental perceptions of abilities and appropriate roles for girls and boys; parental concerns about old-age support; and parental perceptions of different labor market outcomes for girls' and boys' education. We then investigate gender disparities…
Descriptors: Mothers, Daughters, Educational Attitudes, Educational Attainment
Liu, Fengshu – Gender and Education, 2006
Studies on the effect of only-child status on girls' education indicate that the only-child policy has had an unintended consequence of engendering a child-centered culture with a strong belief and shared interest among the urban community in educating the only-child regardless of the child's sex. As the distribution of education by sex is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Social Theories, Males
