"... In PAGE 10: ...ites. Two thirds (66.7%) of the students perceived problems in making price comparisons among the different service providers. Once again, the time- consuming nature of the task was reported to be a significant booking impediment (see Table5 ). The average time spent on the task was 41 minutes, the median being 45 minutes (the maximum time al- lowed).... ..."

"... In PAGE 37: ... We have access to the budget of each school, although data quality here is somewhat suspect. In Table9 , we present per capita expenditure by school type, monthly teacher salaries and cash incentives, as well as shares of school income from various sources. Table 10 shows the changes in teacher attendance between 1995 and 1997, by school type.... In PAGE 39: ... But, in an environment, where resources are scarce, the central government may want to rethink its financing policy concerning private schools if the goal is to maximize learning in sciences and languages. [ Table9 about here] In Table 10, we take a look at teacher attendance, and compare the levels in 1995 to those in 1997 for each school type.... ..."

"... In PAGE 25: ... All of the industrialized countries provided universal access to government-sponsored schools. Table4 shows that the details of school scheduling varied. Entry to school ranged from early enrollment at age five (in Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) to later enrollment by age six in most other countries.... ..."

"... In PAGE 11: ... This realization has increased the importance of education over time. Not surprisingly, the results of the wage-productivity equation indicate that schooling increases wages as can be seen in Table5 . The coefficients are significantly different from zero in both 1993 and 1999 for all firm sizes.... ..."