Why does academic achievement vary across countries? Evidence from Cuba and Mexico

Education Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 205-217

  McEwan, Patrick J ^a   Marshall, Jeffery H ^b  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (United States)

^b School of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 5444262380     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0964529042000258572     Document Type: Article

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