Human Resource Inputs and Educational Outcomes in Botswana’s Schools: Evidence from SACMEQ and TIMMS
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Keywords
Botswana; education production function; demand for schooling; teacher evaluation; teacher knowledge; teacher education;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
- H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2010-07-17 (Africa)
- NEP-EDU-2010-07-17 (Education)
- NEP-LAB-2010-07-17 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-URE-2010-07-17 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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