Educational production in East Asia: The impact of family background and schooling policies on student performance

German Economic Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-353

  Wößmann, Ludger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Class size; East Asia; Education production function; Family background; School autonomy

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STUDENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 28244477090     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2005.00136.x     Document Type: Review

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