I would walk 500 miles (if it paid): Vouchers and school choice in Chile

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1103-1114

  Chumacero, Rómulo A ^a   Gómez, Daniel ^b   Paredes, Ricardo D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Distance; School choice; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECONOMIC THEORY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT; TRADE-OFF;

CHILE;

EID: 80051668045     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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