The quantity and quality of schooling and U.S. labor productivity growth (1870-2000)

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 932-964

  Rangazas, Peter ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036815098     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/redy.2002.0165     Document Type: Article

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