Tropics, income, and school life expectancy: An intercountry study

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-258

  Ram, Rati ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; School life expectancy; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032970690     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(98)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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