What should be our human capital investment policy?

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-119

  Heckman, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0344530083     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1998.tb00279.x     Document Type: Article

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