Parents’ responses to the school quasi‐market

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-26

  Walford, Geoffrey ^b  

^a Fellow of Green College ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Class; Parents; Quasi market; Secondary schools; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013502675     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152970120102     Document Type: Article

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