Do reductions in class size "crowd out" parental investment in education?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 712-723

  Datar, Ashlesha ^a   Mason, Bryce ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; PANEL DATA; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 55949093537     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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