'Every catholic child in a catholic school': Historical resistance to state schooling, contemporary private competition and student achievement across countries

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 546, 2010, Pages

  West, Martin R ^a   Woessmann, Ludger ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LEARNING; RELIGION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 77955135462     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02375.x     Document Type: Article

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