The achievement and course-taking effects of magnet schools: Regression-discontinuity evidence from urban China
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Magnet school; Regression discontinuity design; China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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