Policy Research in Education: The Economic View

Handbook of Education Policy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 27-38

  Carnoy, Martin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203880968-4     Document Type: Chapter

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