Does schooling cause growth?

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1160-1183

  Bils, Mark ^a   Klenow, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS   (United States)

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EID: 0000943640     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.5.1160     Document Type: Article

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