Do Differences in Schools' Instruction Time Explain International Achievement Gaps? Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries

Economic Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 588, 2015, Pages F397-F424

  Lavy, Victor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EID: 84946908337     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12233     Document Type: Article

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