Does watching television rot your mind? Estimates of the effect on test scores

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 565-573

  Zavodny, Madeline ^a  

^a AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; STUDENT; TELEVISION; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 33751112989     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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