Zrinka Puharić, Ina Stašević, Darko Ropac, Nina Petričević, Irena Jurišić
[A STUDY INVESTIGATING THE FACTORS OF INTERNET ADDICTION]
Acta medica Croatica : casopis Hravatske akademije medicinskih znanosti
significant progress achieved universal basic education african countries since late 1990s study provides empirical evidence within acrosscountry variation numeracy skills performance among children based nationally representative data eight african countries dr congo gambia ghana lesotho sierra leone togo tunisia zimbabwe assess whether extent children disabilities lag numeracy skills much depends type disabilities specifically explore whether disabled children benefit equally better school system quality assessment analysed natural experiment using performance nondisabled children benchmark considering different types disabilities random treatments first evaluate variation average numeracy skills eight african countries roughly divided low highnumeracy countries apply instrumental variable iv methods control endogeneity completed school years assessing subjects school performance heterogeneous disability effects children vision hearing disabilities especially challenged numeracy skills performance low numeracy skills among physically intellectually disabled children mainly attributable limited school attendance children multiple disabilities constrained low school attendance poor numeracy skills return schooling average differences school performance across high versus lownumeracy skill country groups larger withingroup average differences disabled versus nondisabled kids indicates school enrolment quality crucial childrens learning numeracy skills disabled children benefit equally better school quality across african countries