Does policy matter in shadow education spending? Revisiting the effects of the high school equalization policy in South Korea

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-96

  Byun, Soo yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

High school equalization policy; Policy effect; Propensity score matching; Shadow education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949874550     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-009-9061-9     Document Type: Article

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