Home schooling: An alternative school choice

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 920-935

  Houston Jr , Robert G ^a   Toma, Eugenia F ^b  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0038335959     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061658     Document Type: Article

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