Nber Working Paper Series the Black-white Test Score Gap through Third Grade
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We are grateful to Cecelia Rouse and the participants of the Brown V. Board of Education Conference at Princeton University for helpful comments and suggestions. Correspondence can be addressed to Fryer at Department of Economics, Harvard University, 1875 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA, 02138 (email: [email protected]); or Levitt at Department of Economics, University of Chicago, 1126 E. 59th Street, Chicago IL, 60637 (e-mail: [email protected]). The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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