The political economy of school choice: Linking theory and evidence

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 277-308

  Cohen Zada, Danny ^a   Justman, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Director's Law; Education demand; Education finance; Private education; Public education; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141798617     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1190(03)00072-X     Document Type: Article

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