Private school effects in urban and rural India: Panel estimates at primary and secondary school ages

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-32

  Singh, Abhijeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; India; Non cognitive skills; Private schooling; Value added models

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; PANEL DATA; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY EDUCATION; URBAN AREA;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 84912086643     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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