Estimating the distributional effects of education reforms: A look at Project STAR

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-103

  Jackson, Erika ^a   Page, Marianne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class size; Heterogeneity; Project STAR

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM; ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 84868449411     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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