Apples and oranges: Educational enrollment and attainment across countries in Latin America and the Caribbean

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 572-590

  Urquiola, Miguel ^a   Calderón, Valentina ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative education; International education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; STUDENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 33748416308     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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