Are educational vouchers only redistributive?

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 546, 2010, Pages

  Bettinger, Eric ^a   Kremer, Michael ^b   Saavedra, Juan E ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; GAMBLING; LEARNING; SECONDARY EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 77955139807     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02374.x     Document Type: Article

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