Learning profiles and the 'skills gap' in four developing countries: A comparative analysis of schooling and skills development

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 132-150

  Rolleston, Caine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive skills; educational access; learning profiles; longitudinal studies; poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895907240     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2013.873528     Document Type: Article

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