Crowding Peter to educate Paul: Lessons from a class size reduction externality

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-473

  Sims, David P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN CAPITAL; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349204051     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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