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Siblings, Teachers, and Spillovers on Academic Achievement

Javaeria A. Qureshi
Journal of Human Resources, January 2018, 53 (1) 272-297; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.52.1.0815-7347R1
Javaeria A. Qureshi
Javaeria Qureshi is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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