Does bullying reduce educational achievement? An evaluation using matching estimators

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1057-1078

  Ponzo, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bullying; Educational production function; Italy; Propensity score matching; Students achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885860886     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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