Determinants of Success in High School Economics: Lessons from the Field
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JEL classification:
- A20 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - General
- A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2006-04-29 (Education)
- NEP-SOG-2006-04-29 (Sociology of Economics)
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