(Comments Welcome) Class Size and Student Achievement in Developing Countries: Evidence from Bangladesh
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Kingdon and Kathryn Graddy for helpful comments and suggestions. Also I would like to thank Josh Angrist for a useful discussion of the general approach taken in this paper. However, any remaining errors and omissions are mine. Corresponding
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