The literacy hour

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1441-1462

  Machin, Stephen ^a   McNally, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English; Reading; The literacy hour

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949098559     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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