Testing for sample selection in the Milwaukee school choice experiment

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-267

  Goldhaber, Dan D ^a   Brewer, Dominic J ^b   Eide, Eric R ^c   Rees, Daniel I ^d  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Milwaukee; School choice; Selection; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005556428     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-7757(98)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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