The role of aggregation in estimating the effects of private school competition on student achievement

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 477-500

  Jepsen, Christopher ^a  

^a PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Education; Private school competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036873628     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1190(02)00530-2     Document Type: Article

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