Econometric Methods for Research in Education

Handbook of the Economics of Education

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-87

  Meghir, Costas ^a   Rivkin, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953697096     PISSN: 15740692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53429-3.00001-6     Document Type: Book

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