School Inputs, Household Substitution, and Test Score

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 29-57

  Das, Jishnu ^a   Dercon, Stefan ^b   Habyarimana, James ^c   Krishnan, Pramila ^d   Muralidharan, Karthik ^e   Sundararaman, Venkatesh ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84878963315     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.5.2.29     Document Type: Article

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