The Long-Run Educational Cost of World War II

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-86

  Ichino, Andrea ^a   Winter Ebmer, Rudolf ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

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EID: 1842842979     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380403     Document Type: Article

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