Estimating the effect of mother's schooling on children's schooling using a sample of adoptees

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 358-368

  Plug, Erik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 2442686604     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282804322970850     Document Type: Review

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