Educational achievement and socio-economic background: Causality and mechanisms in Senegal

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-26

  Dumas, Christelle ^a   Lambert, Sylvie ^b  

^a UMR 8184   (France)

^b PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SENEGAL;

EID: 78650662862     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejq028     Document Type: Article

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