Assessing effects of schooling with cross-sectional data: Between-grades differences addressed as a selection-bias problem

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 264-288

  Luyten, Hans ^a   Veldkamp, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Educational effectiveness; Effect size; Fuzzy regression discontinuity; International comparisons; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960587896     PISSN: 19345747     EISSN: 19345739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19345747.2010.519825     Document Type: Article

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