More for the Girls? Postindependence Education Expenditure in Timor-Leste

Using the Timor-Leste Survey of Living Standards, we show that the household education spending on girls was higher than for boys in the period following independence. This pattern contrasts with that in the neighboring and politically interrelated country of Indonesia. We explore how religious diff...

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Main Authors: WISNU SETIADI NUGROHO, ANITA ALVES PENA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2025-06-01
Series:Asian Development Review
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Online Access:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S011611052550012X
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