Do vouchers lead to sorting under random private school selection? Evidence from the Milwaukee voucher program

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 191-218

  Chakrabarti, Rajashri ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cream skimming; Sorting; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MODELING; STUDENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876955478     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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