Contexts Matter: Selection in Means-Tested School Voucher Programs

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 186-206

  Hart, Cassandra M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

school choice; vouchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899651972     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373713506039     Document Type: Article

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