Peers, neighborhoods, and immigrant student achievement: Evidence from a placement policy

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-95

  Åslund, Olof ^a,b,c   Edin, Per Anders ^a,c   Fredriksson, Peter ^b,c,d   Grönqvist, Hans ^e  

^a Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 79957857284     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.3.2.67     Document Type: Article

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