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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment

Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra

Kalena E. Cortes, Joshua S. Goodman and Takako Nomi
Journal of Human Resources, January 2015, 50 (1) 108-158; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.1.108
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