Houses and schools: Valuation of school quality through the housing market

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 723-729

  Machin, Stephen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 81955162962     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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