Do school resources matter only for older workers?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 638-652

  Betts, Julian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030493898     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2109951     Document Type: Article

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