The marketization of New Zealand schools: Assessing Fiske and Ladd

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 863-884

  Woodfield, Alan ^b   Gunby, Hilip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

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EID: 2542535369     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/002205103322436214     Document Type: Review

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