School Resources and Student Outcomes: An Overview of the Literature and New Evidence from North and South Carolina

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 31-50

  Card, David ^a,b   Krueger, Alan B ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0002929904     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.10.4.31     Document Type: Review

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