Socioeconomic status or noise? Tradeoffs in the generation of school quality information

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-75

  Mizala, Alejandra ^a   Romaguera, Pilar ^a   Urquiola, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

School performance; Socioeconomic status; Tradeoff

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RANKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRADE-OFF;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248225273     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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