Teacher shortages, teacher contracts and their effect on education in Africa

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-116

  Bourdon, Jean ^a   Frölich, Markus ^b   Michaelowa, Katharina ^c,d  

^a Pôle AAFE Esplanade Erasme   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Contract teachers; Matching estimators; Primary education; Quantile treatment effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249084685     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2009.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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