The long-run economic consequences of high- stakes examinations: Evidence from transitory variation in pollution

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 36-65

  Ebenstein, Avraham ^a   Lavy, Victor ^a,b   Roth, Sefi ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84991463765     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.20150213     Document Type: Article

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