Production externalities of education: Evidence from rural Ethiopia

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-165

  Weir, Sharada ^a   Knight, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; EDUCATION; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; RURAL AREA; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846083301     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejl026     Document Type: Article

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