Income, schooling, and ability: Evidence from a new sample of identical twins

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 252-284

  Ashenfelter, Orley ^a   Rouse, Cecilia ^a  

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EID: 0039758339     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355398555577     Document Type: Article

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