Endogenous expenditures and student achievement

Economics Letters

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-231

  Sander, William ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Education; Expenditures; I2

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033447978     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00083-x     Document Type: Article

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