Can provision of free school uniforms harm attendance? Evidence from Ecuador

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-51

  Hidalgo, Diana ^a   Onofa, Mercedes ^b   Oosterbeek, Hessel ^a,b   Ponce, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FLACSO ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; School attendance; School uniforms

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; EDUCATION POLICY; SOCIAL POLICY;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84875243186     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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