School choice as a latent variable: Estimating the "complier average causal effect" of vouchers in Charlotte

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-315

  Cowen, Joshua M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal effects; Compliance models; School vouchers

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

CHARLOTTE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42349095200     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2008.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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