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Examines gender differences in the sensitivity of primary-school enrollment to the costs of postprimary schooling in rural Pakistan. Finds that distance from primary school is a significant determinant of female primary-school enrollment and distance from middle school is a significant determinant of male primary-school enrollment. Suggests measures to reduce primary-school gender disparity. (Contains 11 references.) (PKP)

Presents information on a study that examined the separate effects of schooling costs on intra-household and extra-household child labor in rural Pakistan. Methodology of the study; Results of the study; Conclusion.

The paper uses data from the World Bank's Pakistan Integrated Household Survey to study the effect of farmer schooling on the application of high-yielding variety technology in Pakistan in 1990-91. Unlike previous studies of the role of schooling in agriculture in less-developed countries, it emulates estimation of Mincer earnings functions to treat schooling as an endogenous variable. This purges the estimates of inconsistency arising from positive correlation between unobserved farmer ability and schooling, and measurement errors in observed schooling. A measure of access to schools identifies the true causal effect of schooling on the use of improved seeds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents information on a study which analyzed gender differences in nutrition and access to health care of children in Pakistan. Model of parental allocations of health care and nutrition to children; Specification and estimation; Explanations of the observed neglect of girls in health care.