Closing schools in a shrinking district: Do student outcomes depend on which schools are closed?

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-203

  Engberg, John ^a   Gill, Brian ^b   Zamarro, Gema ^a   Zimmer, Ron ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

I22; I23; I24; I28; Low performing schools; School closures; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055192105     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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