Early academic performance, grade repetition, and school attainment in Senegal: A panel data analysis

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-120

  Glick, Peter ^a   Sahn, David E ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PANEL DATA; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; STUDENT;

SENEGAL;

EID: 77955762670     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhp023     Document Type: Article

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