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Grades as signals of comparative advantage: How letter grades affect major choices. (2024). Xia, Xing ; Li, Hongyan.
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  21. The Role of Selective High Schools in Equalizing Educational Outcomes: Heterogeneous Effects by Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status. (2016). Barrow, Lisa ; de la Torre, Marisa ; Sartain, Lauren.
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  24. Do selective high schools improve student achievement? Effects of exam schools in China. (2016). Hong, Kai ; Anderson, Kathryn ; Gong, Xue ; Zhang, XI.
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  26. (Non)Randomization: A Theory of Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of School Quality. (2016). Narita, Yusuke.
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  27. Competitive Schools and the Gender Gap in the Choice of Field of Study. (2016). Maurin, Eric ; Ly, Son Thierry ; Landaud, Fanny.
    In: CEPR Discussion Papers.
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  28. Cognitive and non-cognitive costs of daycare 0-2 for girls. (2016). Zanella, Giulio ; Ichino, Andrea ; Fort, Margherita.
    In: CEPR Discussion Papers.
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  29. Charters without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston. (2016). Pathak, Parag ; Hull, Peter ; Angrist, Joshua ; Abdulkadirolu, Atila.
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  30. Do Schools Matter for High Math Achievement? Evidence from the American Mathematics Competitions. (2016). Ellison, Glenn ; Swanson, Ashley.
    In: American Economic Review.
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  31. Can Tracking Raise the Test Scores of High-Ability Minority Students?. (2016). Giuliano, Laura ; Card, David.
    In: American Economic Review.
    RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:106:y:2016:i:10:p:2783-2816.

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  32. Ready for boarding? The effects of a boarding school for disadvantaged students. (2015). Gurgand, Marc ; de Chaisemartin, Clément ; Behaghel, Luc.
    In: The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS).
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  33. Flourish or Fail? The Risky Reward of Elite High School Admission in Mexico City. (2015). Sadoulet, Elisabeth ; Dustan, Andrew ; de Janvry, Alain.
    In: Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers.
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  34. Research Design Meets Market Design: Using Centralized Assignment for Impact Evaluation. (2015). Pathak, Parag ; Narita, Yusuke ; Angrist, Joshua ; Abdulkadiroglu, Atila.
    In: NBER Working Papers.
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  35. Evaluating Public Programs with Close Substitutes: The Case of Head Start. (2015). Walters, Christopher ; Kline, Patrick.
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  36. Education Research and Administrative Data. (2015). Salvanes, Kjell G ; Karbownik, Krzysztof ; Figlio, David.
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  37. School Vouchers: A Survey of the Economics Literature. (2015). Urquiola, Miguel ; Romano, Richard ; Epple, Dennis.
    In: NBER Working Papers.
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  38. A Big Fish in a Small Pond: Ability Rank and Human Capital Investment. (2015). Isphording, Ingo ; Elsner, Benjamin.
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  39. Magnet high schools and academic performance in China: A regression discontinuity design. (2015). Shi, Xinzheng ; Park, Albert ; An, Xuehui ; Hsieh, Chang-Tai.
    In: Journal of Comparative Economics.
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  40. The achievement and course-taking effects of magnet schools: Regression-discontinuity evidence from urban China. (2015). Dee, Thomas ; Lan, Xiaohuan.
    In: Economics of Education Review.
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  41. Falling Off the Map: The Impact of Formalizing (Some) Informal Settlements in Tanzania. (2015). Zeitlin, Andrew ; Sandefur, Justin ; Collin, Matthew.
    In: CSAE Working Paper Series.
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  42. Do Star Performers Produce More Stars? Peer Effects and Learning in Elite Teams. (2014). Ichniowski, Casey ; Preston, Anne.
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  43. Best Education Money Can Buy? Capitalization of School Quality in Finland. (2014). Saarimaa, Tuukka ; Kortelainen, Mika ; Harjunen, Oskari.
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  44. The perils of peer effects. (2014). Angrist, Joshua.
    In: Labour Economics.
    RePEc:eee:labeco:v:30:y:2014:i:c:p:98-108.

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  45. Does attending a STEM high school improve student performance? Evidence from New York City. (2014). Wiswall, Matthew ; Schwartz, Amy ; Stiefel, Leanna ; Boccardo, Jessica .
    In: Economics of Education Review.
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  46. Small High Schools and Student Achievement: Lottery-Based Evidence from New York City. (2013). Pathak, Parag ; Hu, Weiwei ; Abdulkadirolu, Atila.
    In: NBER Working Papers.
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  47. The Aggregate Effect of School Choice: Evidence from a Two-stage Experiment in India. (2013). Muralidharan, Karthik ; Sundararaman, Venkatesh.
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  48. Heterogeneity in High Math Achievement Across Schools: Evidence from the American Mathematics Competitions. (2012). Ellison, Glenn ; Swanson, Ashley.
    In: NBER Working Papers.
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    In: CESifo Working Paper Series.
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    In: Journal of Economic Literature.
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