Do the disadvantaged benefit more from small classes? Evidence from a large-scale survey in Japan
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Education; Class size; Academic achievement; Japan;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
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