IQ, academic performance, environment, and earnings

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 600-616

  Zax, Jeffrey S ^c   Rees, Daniel I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0036427312     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465302760556440     Document Type: Review

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