Cognitive and noncognitive peer effects in early education

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 562-576

  Neidell, Matthew ^a   Waldfogel, Jane ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 77955133954     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00012     Document Type: Article

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