Can eliminating school fees in poor districts boost enrollment? Evidence from South Africa

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 359-398

  Borkum, Evan ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84055211700     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662580     Document Type: Article

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