Returns to Education and Female Participation Nexus: Evidence from India

The Indian Journal of Labour Economics - Tập 61 Số 3 - Trang 515-536 - 2018
Sanghamitra Kanjilal-Bhaduri1, Francesco Pastore2
1Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India
2Department of Economics, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Corso Gran Priorato di Malta, 81055, Capua, Caserta, Italy

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