Market Reforms in Education

Handbook of Education Policy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 513-527

  Belfield, Clive R ^a   Levin, Henry M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203880968-46     Document Type: Chapter

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