Guiding school-choice reform through novel applications of operations research

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Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 117-132

  Shi, Peng ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Policy analysis; Public service; School choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924979088     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.2014.0781     Document Type: Article

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