Educational vouchers for universal pre-schools

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-16

  Levin, Henry M ^a   Schwartz, Heather L ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Educational vouchers; Efficiency; School choice

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 33845883548     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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