Faith primary schools: Better schools or better pupils?

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 589-635

  Gibbons, Stephen ^a   Silva, Olmo ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959650124     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659344     Document Type: Article

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