What can we learn from charter school lotteries?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 57-84

  Chabrier, Julia ^a   Cohodes, Sarah ^b   Oreopoulos, Philip ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84989878543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.30.3.57     Document Type: Conference Paper

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