Decomposing the regional gap in cognitive skills in rural Pakistan

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-76

  Alderman, Harold ^a   Behrman, Jere R ^b   Khan, Shahrukh ^d   Ross, David R ^c   Sabot, Richard ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Center for Development Economics ^*

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EID: 0030094711     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-0078(96)90034-2     Document Type: Article

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