Estimating average and local average treatment effects of education when compulsory schooling laws really matter

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 152-175

  Oreopoulos, Philip ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33645734941     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282806776157641     Document Type: Article

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