The effects of early childhood education on literacy scores using data from a new Brazilian assessment tool

Estudos Economicos

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-128

  de Felício, Fabiana ^a   Terra, Rafael ^b   Zoghbi, Ana Carolina ^b  

^a METAS Avaliação e Proposição de Políticas Sociais   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; Literacy scores; Propensity Score Matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859772342     PISSN: 01014161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-41612012000100004     Document Type: Article

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