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Underinvestment in Education: How Much Growth has Pakistan Foregone?

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  • Nancy Birdsall

    (World Bank.)

  • David Ross

    (Bryn Mawr College.)

  • Richard Sabot

    (Williams College and World Bank.)

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  • Nancy Birdsall & David Ross & Richard Sabot, 1993. "Underinvestment in Education: How Much Growth has Pakistan Foregone?," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 32(4), pages 453-499.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:32:y:1993:i:4:p:453-499
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    1. Behrman, J.R. & Ross, D. & Sabot, R. & Tropp, M., 1995. "Improving the Quality versus Increasing the Quantity of Schooling," Center for Development Economics 140, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    2. Gary S. Becker & Kevin M. Murphy & Robert Tamura, 1994. "Human Capital, Fertility, and Economic Growth," NBER Chapters, in: Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, Third Edition, pages 323-350, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    6. Lawrence H. Summers, 1992. "Investing in All the People," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 31(4), pages 367-404.
    7. Bahrman, J.R., 1991. "Investing in Female Education for Development: Women Development Strategy for the 1990's in Asia and the Near East," Center for Development Economics 129, Department of Economics, Williams College.
    8. Behrman, Jere R & Birdsall, Nancy, 1983. "The Quality of Schooling: Quantity Alone is Misleading," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 73(5), pages 928-946, December.
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