Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2009

Full Length Research Paper

Determinants of children’s schooling: The case of Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Jemal Abafita1
  • Jemal Abafita1
  • 1Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development, Yonsei University, South Korea
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Chang-Soo Kim1,2,*
  • Chang-Soo Kim1,2,*
  • 2College of Government and Business, Yonsei University, Wonju, Gangwon 220-710, Republic of Korea
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  •  Received: 24 January 2015
  •  Accepted: 10 April 2015
  •  Published: 23 April 2015

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