Everybody needs good neighbours? Evidence from students’ outcomes in England*

Economic Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 571, 2013, Pages 831-874

  Gibbons, Stephen ^a   Silva, Olmo ^a   Weinhardt, Felix ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85040678860     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12025     Document Type: Article

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