New evidence on the link between housing environment and children's educational attainments

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 408-421

  Lien, Hsien Ming ^a   Wu, Wen Chieh ^a   Lin, Chu Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Housing environment; Quantity quality trade off

Indexed keywords

EID: 51449095733     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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