International differences in student achievement: An economic perspective

German Economic Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-380

  Jürges, Hendrik ^a   Schneider, Kerstin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Counter factual density; Cross country study; Education production function

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT;

EID: 4344635328     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-6485.2004.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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