Historical religious concentrations and the effects of Catholic schooling

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-74

  Cohen Zada, Danny ^a   Elder, Todd ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catholic schools; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349274285     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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