The effects of family characteristics on the return to education

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 692-703

  Altonji, Joseph G ^a   Dunn, Thomas A ^a  

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EID: 0030490463     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2109956     Document Type: Article

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