Are Catholic primary schools more effective than public primary schools?

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 80, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-38

  Elder, Todd ^a,b   Jepsen, Christopher ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Achievement; Catholic schools; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887507881     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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