Does school choice increase the rate of youth entrepreneurship?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-438

  Sobel, Russell S ^a   King, Kerry A ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Management Information Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational vouchers; School choice

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; TEACHING; TESTING METHOD; TRAINING;

EID: 44149108927     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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