Iatrogenic specification error: A cautionary tale of cleaning data

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-257

  Bollinger, Christopher R ^a   Chandra, Amitabh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 19944420868     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428028     Document Type: Article

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