Educational standards in private and public schools

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 533, 2008, Pages 1866-1887

  Brunello, Giorgio ^a   Rocco, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; STUDENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049136080     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02194.x     Document Type: Article

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