The impact of study guides on “matric” performance: Evidence from a randomised experiment
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Keywords
South Africa; education; educational achievement; study guides; Randomised Controlled Trial;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2015-11-01 (Education)
- NEP-EXP-2015-11-01 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-URE-2015-11-01 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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