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Posted in Economics by hhs on September 27, 2011

Figlio, D. (2007): “Boys named Sue: Disruptive children and their peers,”
Education Finance and Policy, 2(4), 376–39

- Uses the fraction of boys with feminine names as an instrument for disruptive classroom behavior.

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