Expanding schooling opportunities for 4-year-olds

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-328

  Leuven, Edwin ^a   Lindahl, Mikael ^b   Oosterbeek, Hessel ^c   Webbink, Dinand ^d  

^a CREST   (France)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achievement; Early childhood education; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMARY EDUCATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77950864806     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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