Schools and housing markets: An examination of school segregation and performance in Connecticut

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 499, 2004, Pages

  Clapp, John M ^a   Ross, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HOUSING MARKET; LABOR MARKET; PRICE DETERMINATION;

CONNECTICUT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8644278035     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2004.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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