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Long-Term Impacts of Class Size in Compulsory School

Edwin Leuven and Sturla A. Løkken
Journal of Human Resources, January 2020, 55 (1) 309-348; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.2.0217.8574R2
Edwin Leuven
Edwin Leuven is at Department of Economics, University of Oslo and also affiliated with CESifo, CEPR, ESOP, IZA and Statistics Norway (). Sturla A. Løkken is at Research Department, Statistics Norway and Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology ().
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Sturla A. Løkken
Edwin Leuven is at Department of Economics, University of Oslo and also affiliated with CESifo, CEPR, ESOP, IZA and Statistics Norway (). Sturla A. Løkken is at Research Department, Statistics Norway and Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology ().
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