Equity and Efficiency in Human Capital Investment: The Local Connection

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-264

  Bénabou, Roland ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000473191     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2297851     Document Type: Article

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