The value of investment in education: Theory, evidence, and policy

Journal of Education Finance

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-116

  Psacharopoulos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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