Understanding the twentieth-century growth in U.S. school spending

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-68

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a,b   Rivkin, Steven G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0002104230     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146240     Document Type: Article

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