Do cognitive test scores explain higher U.S. wage inequality?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 184-193

  Blau, Francine D ^a,b   Kahn, Lawrence M ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NBER ^*

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EID: 15944394437     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0034653053327649     Document Type: Article

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