How large are the effects from changes in family environment? A study of Korean American adoptees

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-157

  Sacerdote, Bruce ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 33947695611     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.122.1.119     Document Type: Article

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