The Nature and Nurture of Economic Outcomes

American Economic Review

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 344-348

  Sacerdote, Bruce ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

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EID: 0037613989     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282802320191589     Document Type: Article

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