The economics of school quality

German Economic Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-286

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Individual productivity; School quality; School reform; Student achievement; Teacher quality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 28244463962     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2005.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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