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Social Imaginaries and Econometrics for Education Policy

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Birks, S. (2017). Social Imaginaries and Econometrics for Education Policy. In: Peters, M.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-588-4_387

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