The returns to pencil use revisited

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 502-517

  Spitz Oener, Alexandra ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 48749118646     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390806100404     Document Type: Article

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