Schooling and educational attainment: Evidence from Bangladesh

Education Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-153

  Maitra, Pushkar ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Censored ordered probit; Education attainment; Schooling

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN CAPITAL; MOTHERS EDUCATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0142027633     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290210131665     Document Type: Article

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