Fiscal policy and educational attainment in the United States: A generational accounting perspective

Economica

Volumn 74, Issue 294, 2007, Pages 329-350

  Chojnicki, Xavier ^a   Docquier, Frédéric ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FISCAL POLICY; METHODOLOGY; TAX SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147107666     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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