Education and economic performance: Simplistic theories and their policy consequences

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 315-333

  Wolf, Alison ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATION POLICY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY STRATEGY;

EID: 3242884497     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grh018     Document Type: Article

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