India shining and Bharat drowning: Comparing two Indian states to the worldwide distribution in mathematics achievement

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-187

  Das, Jishnu ^a   Zajonc, Tristan ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Inequality; Item response; Schooling; Test scores

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICS; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT;

INDIA; ORISSA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 77951621361     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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