Schooling and test scores: A mother-natural experiment

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 629-640

  Marcotte, Dave E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education production function; Educational economics; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STUDENT; WEATHER;

EID: 34548082317     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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