Educational production

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 777-803

  Lazear, Edward P ^a  

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EID: 0040479666     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00335530152466232     Document Type: Article

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