exists any gender specific discrepancy at the household level and the trend of such discrepancy over the years. Using three … components, we find persistent gender imbalance in educational expenditure where households provide better quality of education … for boys. Moreover, we find that gender based discrepancy has a very persistent trend and does not show any significant …

may be a cause of dropout and holdover incidences, as well as exploring gender-specific differential patterns. The result … regardless of their gender; and (3) paternal education is preferentially and favorably influential to the same-gender child …(ren), i.e., son(s). To reduce the boy-unfriendly gender bias in primary education, this study suggests two future tasks, i …

continue her/his education. To substantiate the gender bias, the probability of falling ill among the girl children is found to …

. This article re-evaluates the historical trajectories and outstanding labour and gender issues of EPZs on the basis of the …