Racial segregation and the black-white test score gap

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 2158-2184

  Card, David ^a,b   Rothstein, Jesse ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black white test score gap; Peer effects; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648966471     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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