Parental involvement in school: A literature review

Revue d'Economie Politique

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 759-778

  Avvisati, Francesco ^a   Besbas, Bruno ^b   Guyon, Nina ^a  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Parental involvement; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952135463     PISSN: 03732630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/redp.205.0759     Document Type: Review

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