Gender, Education and
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22367705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Pearson (0000-0002-1960-1012), Catherine Riegle-Crumb (0000-0003-0855-3614), Catherine Riegle‐crumb |
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosg016 |
| OpenAlex | W4238910800 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Social scientists and educational researchers paid relatively little attention to issues of gender in education until the 1970s, when questions emerged concerning equity in girls' and women's access to education across the world. Researchers documented a link between increasing rates of female education in developing countries and a subsequent decline in fertility rates (e.g., Boserup 1970). In the context of an emerging global economy, increasing female representation in primary and secondary education was cited as an important factor in promoting national economic development, and therefore seen as a vehicle for social change
Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Gender equality · Gender equity · Geography · Political science · Population · Social change · Sociology · Demography · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |