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Effect of relative age in the first grade of primary school on long‐term scholastic results: international comparative evidence using PISA 2003

Maresa Sprietsma Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1-32 | Published online: 18 Jul 2008

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