Educational vouchers: Effectiveness, choice, and costs

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 373-392

  Levin, Henry M ^a  

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DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6688(199822)17:3<373::AID-PAM1>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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