Schooling resources, educational institutions and student performance: The international evidence

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-170

  Wößmann, Ludger ^a  

^a CESIFO   (Germany)

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EID: 0038375996     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00045     Document Type: Review

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