School size and youth violence

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 318-333

  Leung, Ambrose ^a   Ferris, J Stephen ^b  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Scale economies in education; School size; Social capital; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849024589     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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