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ERIC Number: EJ619670
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
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Manipulable Variables of Policy Importance: The Case of Education.
Borland, Melvin V.; Howsen, Roy M.
Education Economics, v8 n3 p241-48 Dec 2000
Corrects for potential bias and inconsistency in the estimated coefficient on market competition (among schools) by constructing a system of equations with endogenous expressions of student achievement and market competition. Policy makers seeking to improve student achievement should encourage market competition among schools. (Contains 13 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Correction, Free Enterprise System, Influences, Marketing, Mathematical Models, Measurement Techniques, Productivity, School Choice
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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