INVESTMENTS IN THE SCHOOLING AND HEALTH OF WOMEN AND MEN - QUANTITIESAND RETURNS

Women's years of school enrollment and health, measured by longevity, have increased by a greater amount than men's in this century in most countries. Private and social returns to schooling and health are revi ewed to explain these trends in women's human capital. Sample selectio n bias caused by analyses of only wage earners does not appear to lowe r women's private returns to schooling relative to men's. Social retur ns to education, moreover, favor greater public investment in women th an men, particularly in South and West Asia and Africa where school in vestments in women are much less than in men.