What linear estimators miss: The effects of family income on child outcomes

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-35

  Løken, Katrine V ^a   Mogstad, Magne ^b   Wiswall, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866950980     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.4.2.1     Document Type: Article

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