Functional form and the estimated effects of school resources

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-252

  Figlio, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional form; School quality; Student test scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001008726     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(98)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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