The effect of tracking students by ability into different schools: A natural experiment

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 684-721

  Guyon, Nina ^a,b   Maurin, Eric ^a   McNally, Sandra ^c  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; STUDENT;

EID: 84863765185     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.47.3.684     Document Type: Article

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