Public school choice and integration evidence from Durham, North Carolina

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-85

  Bifulco, Robert ^a   Ladd, Helen F ^b   Ross, Stephen L ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Class segregation; Education systems; Racial segregation; School choice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RACE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC SECTOR; RACE RELATIONS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 58149462058     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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