Requiring a math skills unit: Results of a randomized experiment

American Economic Review

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 437-441

  Pozo, Susan ^d   Stull, Charles A ^e   Betts, Julian ^a   Levy, Frank ^b   Miguel, Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33744533646     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282806777212486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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