Private school vouchers and student achievement: A fixed effects quantile regression evaluation

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 575-590

  Lamarche, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed effects; I21; I28; Milwaukee; Quantile regression; School choice; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049087528     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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