Public spending on education and the incentives for student achievement

Economica

Volumn 76, Issue 303, 2009, Pages 505-527

  Blankenau, William ^a   Camera, Gabriele ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCENTIVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC GOODS; PUBLIC SPENDING; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EID: 67149147122     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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