The estimated effect of catholic schooling on educational outcomes using propensity score matching

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 285-307

  Nguyen, Anh Ngoc ^a   Taylor, Jim ^a   Bradley, Steve ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catholic schooling; Difference in differences; Educational outcomes; High school; Propensity matching; Test score

Indexed keywords

SECONDARY EDUCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

EID: 33748677273     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: 14678586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-3378.2006.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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