Measuring literacy: some extensions of the Basu-Foster framework

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Subramanian, S
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2002.11.003
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 453-463
• 关键词: literacy; Externality; equity; EFFICIENCY; measurement

摘要

This note builds further on the ideas of Basu and Foster (1998), and is concerned to advance the measurement of literacy, taking due note of its positive external effects, in a simple, economical, and interpretation-friendly fashion. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.