The role of secondary education in explaining competitiveness

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 13-30

  Baumann, Chris ^a,b   Winzar, Hume ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

China; competitiveness; East Asia; educational achievement; PISA; WEF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959895361     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2014.924387     Document Type: Article

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