Does school type affect cognitive and non-cognitive development in children? Evidence from Australian primary schools

Labour Economics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 55-65

  Nghiem, Hong Son ^a   Nguyen, Ha Trong ^b   Khanam, Rasheda ^c   Connelly, Luke B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cognitive; Non cognitive; Panel; School choice; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924674607     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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