Parental preferences and choice of school

Applied Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 803-813

  Collins, Alan ^a   Snell, Martin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EDUCATION;

EID: 0034073112     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368400322147     Document Type: Article

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