Mothers, maids and tutors: An empirical evaluation of their effect on children's academic grades in Singapore

Education Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-285

  Cheo, Roland ^a   Quah, Euston ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Domestic helper; Simultaneous equation probit model; Singapore; Tutors

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INVESTMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEACHING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 21344463574     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290500073746     Document Type: Article

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