Are we wasting our children's time by giving them more homework?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 950-961

  Eren, Ozkan ^a   Henderson, Daniel J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University of New York ^*

Author keywords

First differencing; Homework; Instrumental variable; Selection bias; Unobserved traits

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; STUDENT; TEACHING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051669439     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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