Household schooling behaviors and decentralization

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 321-341

  Behrman, Jere R ^a   King, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a Economics Department   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Educational vouchers; Efficiency; I21; I22; I28; Privatization; School choice; School decentralization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040925728     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(00)00057-1     Document Type: Article

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