Education quality and development accounting

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 388-417

  Schoellman, Todd ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development accounting; Education quality; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856997500     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdr025     Document Type: Article

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