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Class Size Reduction and Student Achievement

The Potential Tradeoff between Teacher Quality and Class Size

Christopher Jepsen and Steven Rivkin
Journal of Human Resources, January 2009, 44 (1) 223-250; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.1.223
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vol. 44 no. 1 223-250
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.1.223
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received June 1, 2006
  • Accepted October 1, 2007
  • Published online January 12, 2009.
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© 2009 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. Christopher Jepsen and
  2. Steven Rivkin

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