The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement

Handbook of the Economics of Education

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 89-200

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a   Woessmann, Ludger ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Education production function; Human capital; International student achievement tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251594612     PISSN: 15740692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53429-3.00002-8     Document Type: Book

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