Beyond Short-term Learning Gains: The Impact of Outsourcing Schools in Liberia after Three Years
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- Mauricio Romero & Justin Sandefur, 2022. "Beyond Short-Term Learning Gains: the Impact of Outsourcing Schools in Liberia After Three Years," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 132(644), pages 1600-1619.
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Public-private partnership; randomized controlled trial; school management;All these keywords.
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- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- L32 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises
- L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
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