Private school vouchers and student achievement: An evaluation of the Milwaukee parental choice program

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 553-602

  Rouse, Cecilia Elena ^a  

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EID: 0000674698     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355398555685     Document Type: Review

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