Inside the house of learning: The relative performance of public and private schools in Orissa

Education Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-327

  Goyal, Sangeeta ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (India)

Author keywords

Education quality; India; Primary education; Sorting

Indexed keywords

COST; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LEARNING; PRIMARY EDUCATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70449381016     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290903142577     Document Type: Article

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