Income distribution, communities, and the quality of public education

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 134-164

  Fernandez, Raquel ^a   Rogerson, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MODELLING APPROACH; PUBLIC EDUCATION; WELFARE IMPACT;

USA;

EID: 0029908088     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2946660     Document Type: Article

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