Distributional effects of educational improvements: Are we using the wrong model?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 735-746

  Bourguignon, François ^a   Rogers, F Halsey ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Economic impact; Educational finance; Expenditures; Human capital; Incidence of public spending

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EDUCATION; EXPENDITURE; HUMAN CAPITAL; MODELING; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 36549078562     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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