Do you get what you pay for with school-based health programs? Evidence from a child nutrition experiment in rural China

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  Sylvia, Sean ^a   Luo, Renfu ^b   Zhang, Linxiu ^b   Shi, Yaojiang ^c   Medina, Alexis ^d   Rozelle, Scott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Educational economics; Human capital; Resource allocation; Teacher salaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978219846     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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