Class size effects on student achievement: heterogeneity across abilities and fields
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Class Size and Student Achievement.
Schooling has multiple purposes. In the long run, higher levels of schooling are associated with higher earnings and economic mobility, better health, lower mortality rates, and greater democratic participation. For these reasons, most societies require children to attend school for a specified number of years or until they reach a certain age. Many of the benefits of schooling occur in part be...
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عنوان ژورنال: Education Economics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0964-5292,1469-5782
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2010.511811