When do textbooks matter for achievement? Evidence from African primary schools
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.03.012
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- Kuecken, Maria & Valfort, Marie-Anne, 2013. "When do textbooks matter for achievement? Evidence from African primary schools," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 119(3), pages 311-315.
- Maria Kuecken & Marie-Anne Valfort, 2013. "When do textbooks matter for achievement? Evidence from African primary schools," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00828418, HAL.
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As found by EconAcademics.org, the blog aggregator for Economics research:- Textbooks do not matter
by Economic Logician in Economic Logic on 2013-08-09 18:49:00
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- Jan Bietenbeck & Marc Piopiunik & Simon Wiederhold, 2018.
"Africa’s Skill Tragedy: Does Teachers’ Lack of Knowledge Lead to Low Student Performance?,"
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Textbooks; Educational quality; Sub-Saharan Africa; SACMEQ;JEL classification:
- A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- N37 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Africa; Oceania
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2014-12-13 (Development)
- NEP-EDU-2014-12-13 (Education)
- NEP-URE-2014-12-13 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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