Improving the management style of school principals: results from a randomized trial

Education Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 121-141

  Lassibille, Gérard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

AGEMAD; Madagascar; management; primary education; randomized experiment; school heads

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955341209     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2014.985288     Document Type: Article

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