Mechanisms and impacts of gender peer effects at school

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-33

  Lavy, Victor ^a,b,c   Schlosser, Analía ^d,e  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e IZA   (Germany)

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EID: 79957835562     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.3.2.1     Document Type: Article

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