Intergenerational conflict reconsidered: County demographic structure and the demand for public education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 343-357

  Ladd, Helen F ^a   Murray, Sheila E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic change; Educational finance; Elderly

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EDUCATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035009593     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(00)00058-3     Document Type: Article

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