On the mechanics of progress in primary education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 455-467

  Mingat, Alain ^a   Tan, Jee Peng ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Resource allocation; Teacher salaries

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

EID: 0041423535     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(03)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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