An Eclectic Approach to Estimating the Determinants of Achievement in Jamaican Primary Education

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Journal Article An Eclectic Approach to Estimating the Determinants of Achievement in Jamaican Primary Education Get access Paul Glewwe, Paul Glewwe Paul Glewwe and Margaret Grosh are with the Policy Research Department at the World Bank, Hanan Jacoby is with the Department of Economics at the University of Rochester, and Marlaine Lockheed is with the Education and Social Policy Department at the World Bank. Financial support was provided by the World Bank Research Committee (RPO 676–87). The Jamaican Ministry of Education collaborated extensively in designing the survey instruments, implementing the surveys, and providing access to administrative records. The Planning Institute of Jamaica provided further support, and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica carried out the extremely demanding survey work. The authors would also like to recognize the many contributions of their late Jamaican collaborator, Dr. Derek Gordon. Henri Jeancard and Qinghua Zhao provided computational assistance. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Margaret Grosh, Margaret Grosh Paul Glewwe and Margaret Grosh are with the Policy Research Department at the World Bank, Hanan Jacoby is with the Department of Economics at the University of Rochester, and Marlaine Lockheed is with the Education and Social Policy Department at the World Bank. Financial support was provided by the World Bank Research Committee (RPO 676–87). The Jamaican Ministry of Education collaborated extensively in designing the survey instruments, implementing the surveys, and providing access to administrative records. The Planning Institute of Jamaica provided further support, and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica carried out the extremely demanding survey work. The authors would also like to recognize the many contributions of their late Jamaican collaborator, Dr. Derek Gordon. Henri Jeancard and Qinghua Zhao provided computational assistance. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Hanan Jacoby, Hanan Jacoby Paul Glewwe and Margaret Grosh are with the Policy Research Department at the World Bank, Hanan Jacoby is with the Department of Economics at the University of Rochester, and Marlaine Lockheed is with the Education and Social Policy Department at the World Bank. Financial support was provided by the World Bank Research Committee (RPO 676–87). The Jamaican Ministry of Education collaborated extensively in designing the survey instruments, implementing the surveys, and providing access to administrative records. The Planning Institute of Jamaica provided further support, and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica carried out the extremely demanding survey work. The authors would also like to recognize the many contributions of their late Jamaican collaborator, Dr. Derek Gordon. Henri Jeancard and Qinghua Zhao provided computational assistance. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Marlaine Lockheed Marlaine Lockheed Paul Glewwe and Margaret Grosh are with the Policy Research Department at the World Bank, Hanan Jacoby is with the Department of Economics at the University of Rochester, and Marlaine Lockheed is with the Education and Social Policy Department at the World Bank. Financial support was provided by the World Bank Research Committee (RPO 676–87). The Jamaican Ministry of Education collaborated extensively in designing the survey instruments, implementing the surveys, and providing access to administrative records. The Planning Institute of Jamaica provided further support, and the Statistical Institute of Jamaica carried out the extremely demanding survey work. The authors would also like to recognize the many contributions of their late Jamaican collaborator, Dr. Derek Gordon. Henri Jeancard and Qinghua Zhao provided computational assistance. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 9, Issue 2, May 1995, Pages 231–258, https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/9.2.231 Published: 01 May 1995