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Title:

Investment in women's human capital / edited by T. Paul Schultz.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

1995

Description:

vi, 461 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Human capital--Developing countries.
Sex discrimination in education--Developing countries.
Women--Employment--Developing countries.
Sex discrimination in employment--Developing countries.
Países subdesarrollados--Discriminación sexual en la educación
Países subdesarrollados--Empleo--Empleo
Países subdesarrollados--Discriminación sexual en el trabajo

Other Authors:

Schultz, T. Paul.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-449) and index.

Contents:

Investments in the schooling and health of women and men : quantities and returns / T. Paul Schultz -- Obstacles to advancement of women during development / Ester Boserup -- The U-shaped female labor force function in economic devleopment and economic history / Claudia Goldin -- Public policies and women's labor force participation : a comparison of Sweden, West Germany and the Netherlands / Siv Gustafsson -- Women, insurance capital, and economic development in rural India / Mark R. Rosenzweig -- Information, learning, and wage rates in low-income rural areas / Andrew D. Foster and Mark R. Rosenzweig -- Gender and life-cycle differentials in the patterns and determinants of adult health / John Strauss ... [et al.] -- Quality of medical care and choice of medical treatment in Kenya : an empirical analysis / Germano Mwabu, Martha Ainsworth, and Andrew Nyamete -- Daughters, education, and family budgets : Taiwan experiences / William L. Parish and Robert J. Willis -- Gender differences in the returns to schooling and in school enrollment rates in Indonesia / Anil B. Deolalikar -- Educational investments and returns for women and men in Côte d'Ivoire / Wim P.M. Vijverberg -- Poverty among female-headed households in Brazil / Ricardo Barros, Louise Fox, and Rosane Mendonça -- Gender differences in Brazilian labor markets / Ricardo Barros, Lauro Ramos, and Eleonora Santos.

ISBN:

9780226740874 (cloth)
0226740870 (cloth)
9780226740881 (paper)
0226740889 (paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)31374070

LCCN:

94040577

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)