The Effect of Teacher Gender on Student Achievement in Primary School: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
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Keywords
random assignment; teacher gender; student achievement;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- 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
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2012-04-23 (Education)
- NEP-EXP-2012-04-23 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2012-04-23 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-URE-2012-04-23 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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