Measuring school segregation

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-38

  Frankel, David M ^a   Volij, Oscar ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Axiomatic method; Education; Indices; Measurement; Schools; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751585277     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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