Urban density and pupil attainment

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 631-650

  Gibbons, Stephen ^a   Silva, Olmo ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pupil achievement; School choice and competition; Urban density and agglomeration

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949087256     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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