Does Taking One Step Back Get You Two Steps Forward? Grade Retention and School Performance in Rural China
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Educational economics; Human capital;JEL classification:
- O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
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