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The Contributions of School Quality and Teacher Qualifications to Student Performance

Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Beijing Middle Schools

Fang Lai, Elisabeth Sadoulet and Alain de Janvry
Journal of Human Resources, January 2011, 46 (1) 123-153; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.46.1.123
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. The Roles of School Quality and Teacher Qualifications on Performance
    • III. The Education Reform as a Natural Experiment
    • IV. The Preference-Based Randomized Process of Student Assignment to Schools
    • V. Effects of School Quality on Student Performance
    • VI. Effects of Teacher Qualifications on Student Test Scores
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