Economic considerations and class size

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 485, 2003, Pages

  Krueger, Alan B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT;

EID: 0037294036     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00098     Document Type: Article

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