Periodical
Economics Letters
Volume
119
Year
2013
Issue number
3
Page range
311-315
URL
Relates to study/studies
SACMEQ III Study
When do textbooks matter for achievement?
Evidence from African primary schools
Abstract
Using a within-student analysis, we find no average impact of textbook access (ownership or sharing) on primary school achievement. Instead, it is only for students with high socioeconomic status that one form of textbook access–sharing–has a positive impact.