Does Remedial Education in Late Childhood Pay Off After All? Long-Run Consequences for University Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes, and Intergenerational Mobility
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- Victor Lavy & Assaf Kott & Genia Rachkovski, 2018. "Does Remedial Education at Late Childhood Pay Off After All? Long-Run Consequences for University Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes and Inter-Generational Mobility," NBER Working Papers 25332, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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