The Efficacy of Single-Sex Education: Testing for Selection and Peer Quality Effects

Sex Roles

Volumn 65, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 693-703

  Hayes, Amy Roberson ^a   Pahlke, Erin E ^b   Bigler, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Gender; Peer quality; Selection effects; Single sex education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053952663     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9903-2     Document Type: Article

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