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Peer reviewedOster, Emily – Journal of Political Economy, 2005
In many Asian countries the ratio of male to female population is higher than in the West: as high as 1.07 in China and India, and even higher in Pakistan. A number of authors (most notably Amartya Sen) have suggested that this imbalance reflects excess female mortality and have argued that as many as 100 million women are "missing."…
Descriptors: Viruses, Foreign Countries, Females, Communicable Diseases
Direct linkPeverly, Stephen T. – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
Based on observations of the Chinese educational system in the summer of 2002, I argue that comparisons of the performance of students in the United States and China, and by implication, of students in the United States and other East Asian countries, have been too homogeneous. I discuss four variables that could be included in future research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Private Schools, Educational Research
