School decentralization: Helping the good get better, but leaving the poor behind

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 2106-2120

  Galiani, Sebastian ^a   Gertler, Paul ^b,c   Schargrodsky, Ernesto ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NBER ^*

^d UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Education; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749102701     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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