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Comparing private and government schools in India : the devil is in the maths. / Kumar, Sunil Mitra.
In: Applied Economic Letters, 2018, p. 409-414 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing private and government schools in India
T2 - the devil is in the maths
AU - Kumar, Sunil Mitra
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Recent research shows that the gap in learning achievement between private and government schools in India can be explained away by self-selection. Analysing four rounds of panel data and distinguishing between ‘knowing’ and ‘applying’ dimensions of maths learning, I find that there is no private school advantage in the applying domain but that there is an advantage in the knowing domain.
AB - Recent research shows that the gap in learning achievement between private and government schools in India can be explained away by self-selection. Analysing four rounds of panel data and distinguishing between ‘knowing’ and ‘applying’ dimensions of maths learning, I find that there is no private school advantage in the applying domain but that there is an advantage in the knowing domain.
U2 - 10.1080/13504851.2017.1327118
DO - 10.1080/13504851.2017.1327118
M3 - Article
SP - 409
EP - 414
JO - Applied Economic Letters
JF - Applied Economic Letters
SN - 1350-4851
ER -
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