New Evidence on Class Size Effects: A Pupil Fixed Effects Approach

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-234

  Altinok, Nadir ^a   Kingdon, Geeta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856807148     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2011.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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