The Value of Quantitative Evidence on the Effect of the Past on the Present

American Economic Review

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 404-408

  Heckman, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0007197302     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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