Does educational tracking affect performance and inequality? differences-in-differences evidence across countries

Economic Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 510, 2006, Pages

  Hanushek, Eric A ^a,b   Wößmann, Ludger ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33644750346     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01076.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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