Estimating Class-size Effects using Within-school Variation in Subject-specific Classes

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 545, 2010, Pages 737-760

  Heinesen, Eskil ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION; SIZE EFFECT; STUDENT;

DENMARK;

EID: 77953882454     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02301.x     Document Type: Article

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