Identifying class size effects in developing countries: Evidence from rural bolivia

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-177

  Urquiola, Miguel ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 32544458604     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465306775565729     Document Type: Article

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