Choosing and changing schools in India's private and government sectors: Young Lives evidence from Andhra Pradesh

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-90

  James, Zoe ^a   Woodhead, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

India; longitudinal; low fee private; primary school; school changes; school choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895907114     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2013.873527     Document Type: Article

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