Between-classes sorting within schools and test scores: an empirical analysis of Italian junior secondary schools
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Between-classes sorting; Instrumental Variables (IV); Educational evaluation; Equality;All these keywords.
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- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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