Why don't schools and teachers seem to matter?: Assessing the impact of unobservables on educational productivity

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 505-523

  Goldhaber, Dan D ^a   Brewer, Dominic J ^b  

^a CNA CORPORATION   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0001376971     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146181     Document Type: Article

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