The medium run effects of educational expansion: Evidence from a large school construction program in Indonesia

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 163-197

  Duflo, Esther ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Education; Externalities; General equilibrium; Social returns

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 2342639042     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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