Social capital and student learning: Empirical results from Latin American primary schools

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-449

  Anderson, Joan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Educational effectiveness; Human capital; Latin America; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LEARNING; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STUDENT;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 44049089861     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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