Season of birth and later outcomes: Old questions, new answers

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 711-724

  Buckles, Kasey S ^a   Hungerman, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 84885997750     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00314     Document Type: Article

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