Education finance reform and investment in human capital: Lessons from California

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-350

  Fernández, Raquel ^a,b   Rogerson, Richard ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Education finance reform; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033472917     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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