School supply constraints and children's educational outcomes in rural Ghana

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-314

  Lavy, Victor ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

121; 851; 912; Schooling; Supply constraints; User fees

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002001003     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(96)00416-6     Document Type: Article

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