Cognitive skills among children in Senegal: Disentangling the roles of schooling and family background

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-188

  Glick, Peter ^a   Sahn, David E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Educational economics; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN CAPITAL; SPATIAL COGNITION; STUDENT;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 61449267735     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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