Choice and effectiveness of private and public schools in seven countries. A reanalysis of three PISA dat sets

Zeitschrift fur Padagogik

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 895-909

  Donkers, Jaap ^a   Avram, Silvia ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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