Measuring the incentives to learn in Colombia using new quantile regression approaches

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-288

  Lamarche, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombian vouchers; Incentives; Instrumental variables; Panel data; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INCENTIVE; LEARNING; PANEL DATA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 79961129118     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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