Evaluating preschool programs when length of exposure to the program varies: A nonparametric approach

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 108-132

  Behrman, Jere R ^a   Cheng, Yingmei ^b   Todd, Petra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842586487     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465304323023714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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