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Annika B. Bergbauer, Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann
Published online before print October 13, 2021, 0520-10886R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0520-10886R1
Annika B. Bergbauer
Researcher at the ifo Institute at the University of Munich.
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Eric A. Hanushek
Senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and is affiliated with CESifo and NBER
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Ludger Woessmann
Professor of economics at the University of Munich and director of the ifo Center for the Economics of Education and is affiliated with CESifo and IZA.
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