World education finance policies and higher education access: A statistical analysis of World Development Indicators for 86 countries

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-36

  Yang, Lijing ^a   McCall, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Education finance policy; Higher education access; Panel data models; Privatization and cost sharing; Tertiary expenditure per student; World Development Indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894288245     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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