Vive la révolution! Long-term educational returns of 1968 to the angry students

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-33

  Maurin, Eric ^a   McNally, Sandra ^b  

^a Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques   (France)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38949198622     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522071     Document Type: Article

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