Family Background, School Choice, and Students' Academic Performance: Evidence from Sri Lanka
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Keywords
education; academic performance; school choice; socioeconomic status;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2018-04-02 (Development)
- NEP-EDU-2018-04-02 (Education)
- NEP-URE-2018-04-02 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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