Improving educational quality through enhancing community participation: Results from a randomized field experiment in Indonesia

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-126

  Pradhan, Menno ^a   Suryadarma, Daniel ^b   Beatty, Amanda ^c   Wong, Maisy ^d   Gaduh, Arya ^e   Alisjahbana, Armida ^f   Artha, Rima Prama ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^f PADJADJARAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^g National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)   (Indonesia)

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EID: 84898717569     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.6.2.105     Document Type: Article

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