Workers' education, spillovers, and productivity: Evidence from plant-level production functions

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 656-690

  Moretti, Enrico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 4043180578     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828041464623     Document Type: Review

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