The medium-term impacts of high-achieving charter schools

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 985-1037

  Dobbie, Will ^a   Fryer, Roland G ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL;

EID: 84945358605     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/682718     Document Type: Article

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