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Authors
![Emla Fitzsimons](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Emla%20Fitzsimons.jpg?itok=dRO7usQ4)
Emla Fitzsimons
Research Fellow University College London
Emla Fitzsimons is a Professor of Economics at the University College London Institute of Education and a Research Fellow at the IFS.
Journal article details
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Issue
- October 2007
Suggested citation
Fitzsimons, E. (2007). 'The effects of risk on education in Indonesia' (2007)
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