Gender Bias in Education in West Bengal

Amita Majumder and Chayanika Mitra ()
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Chayanika Mitra: Indian Statistical Institute

Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2017, vol. 15, issue 1, No 9, 173-196

Abstract: Abstract This paper attempts to capture gender bias at two different levels of education, namely, below class-10 and above class-10 using NSSO 64th round education expenditure data on West Bengal. The analysis for the below class-10 level involves an intra household framework and Heckman’s two step model. Further, for this section the analysis is split up into classes 1–8 and classes 9–10 in view of the Right to Education act (2005). For above class-10 level, gender bias has been captured through a multinomial logit model for selection of subjects across households.

Keywords: Gender bias; Education expenditure; Double hurdle model; Multinomial logit model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I22 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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