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School Effectiveness and School Improvement
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Original Articles

Private schooling promotes political and economic freedom? An international fixed effects instrumental variables analysis

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Pages 225-241 | Received 16 Jan 2017, Accepted 01 Nov 2017, Published online: 19 Dec 2017

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