Teacher quality and learning outcomes in kindergarten

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1415-1453

  Araujo, M Caridad ^a   Carneiro, Pedro ^b   Cruz Aguayo, Yyannú ^a   Schady, Norbert ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; PRIMARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; TEACHER TRAINING;

EID: 84982175117     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjw016     Document Type: Article

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