Peer effects and textbooks in African primary education

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 474-486

  Frölich, Markus ^a   Michaelowa, Katharina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Externalities; Primary education; Textbooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956126833     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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