Measurement error, legalized abortion, and the decline in crime: A response to Foote and Goetz

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 425-440

  Donohue III, John J ^a   Levitt, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 42149122631     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.1.425     Document Type: Review

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