Schooling quality in a cross-section of countries

Economica

Volumn 68, Issue 272, 2001, Pages 465-488

  Lee, Jong Wha ^a   Barro, Robert J ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EDUCATION;

EID: 0035194899     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00257     Document Type: Article

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