Using Maimonides' rule to estimate the effect of class size on scholastic achievement

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 533-575

  Angrist, Joshua D ^a   Lavy, Victor ^a  

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EID: 0039552198     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355399556061     Document Type: Article

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