Families, schools and primary-school learning: Evidence for Argentina and Colombia in an international perspective

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2645-2665

  Wößmann, Ludger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ARGENTINA; COLOMBIA;

EID: 77954950110     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840801964617     Document Type: Article

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