Can choice promote education for All? Evidence from growth in private primary schooling in India

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Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-165

  Härmä, Joanna ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Poverty; Private schooling; School choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949109415     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920902750400     Document Type: Article

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