How much do educational outcomes matter in OECD countries?

Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 67, 2011, Pages 427-491

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a,b   Woessmann, Ludger ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EDUCATION POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; OECD; POLICY REFORM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960538041     PISSN: 02664658     EISSN: 14680327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0327.2011.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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