A Professor Like Me: The Influence of Instructor Gender on College Achievement
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- Florian Hoffmann & Philip Oreopoulos, 2009. "A Professor Like Me: The Influence of Instructor Gender on College Achievement," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 44(2).
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2007-06-18 (Education)
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