Resources and standards in urban schools

Journal of Human Capital

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-393

  Machin, Stephen ^a   McNally, Sandra ^b   Meghir, Costas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79953101870     PISSN: 19328575     EISSN: 19328664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658634     Document Type: Article

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