From districts to schools: The distribution of resources across schools in big city school districts

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 532-545

  Rubenstein, Ross ^a   Schwartz, Amy Ellen ^b   Stiefel, Leanna ^b   Amor, Hella Bel Hadj ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational finance; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CLEVELAND [OHIO]; COLUMBUS [OHIO]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548173521     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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