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The Effect of Tracking Students by Ability into Different Schools

A Natural Experiment

Nina Guyon, Eric Maurin and Sandra McNally
Journal of Human Resources, July 2012, 47 (3) 684-721; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.47.3.684
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