Charter school quality and parental decision making with school choice

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 823-848

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a,b,d   Kain, John F ^b   Rivkin, Steven G ^b,c,d   Branch, Gregory F ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33947174673     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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