Combination classes and educational achievement

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1058-1066

  Thomas, Jaime L ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Educational economics; Educational finance; Human capital; Input output analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 84865337135     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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