When schools are the ones that choose: The effects of screening in Chile

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1349-1368

  Contreras, Dante ^a   Sepúlveda, Paulina ^a   Bustos, Sebastián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 77958519015     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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