Global educational expansion and socio-economic development: An assessment of findings from the social sciences

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-354

  Hannum, Emily ^a   Buchmann, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratization; Demographic change; Growth; Health; Inequality; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 14044249420     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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