Slavery and the intergenerational transmission of human capital

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-234

  Sacerdote, Bruce ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 20444426257     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0034653053970230     Document Type: Review

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