Does immigration induce 'native flight' from public schools into private schools?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 987-1012

  Betts, Julian R ^a,b   Fairlie, Robert W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

'Native flight'; Immigrants; Private schools; Public schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037730191     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00164-5     Document Type: Article

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