Sect, subsidy, and sacrifice: An economist's view of Ultra-Orthodox jews

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 905-953

  Berman, Eli ^a  

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EID: 0011771155     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355300554944     Document Type: Article

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