Student achievement and national economic growth

American Journal of Education

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-30

  Ramirez, Francisco O ^a,d   Luo, Xiaowei ^b   Schofer, Evan ^c   Meyer, John W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Center for the Advanced Studies of the Behavioral Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 33751034342     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506492     Document Type: Article

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