Using school choice lotteries to test measures of school effectiveness

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 406-411

  Deming, David J ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 84901473128     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.5.406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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