Giving children a better start: Preschool attendance and school-age profiles

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1416-1440

  Berlinski, Samuel ^a,b,f   Galiani, Sebastian ^b,c,f   Manacorda, Marco ^b,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^f CEPR ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Pre primary education; Preschool; Primary school performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849133855     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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