Parental education and offspring outcomes: Evidence from the swedish compulsory school reform

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1 A, 2014, Pages 253-278

  Lundborg, Petter ^a,b   Nilsson, Anton ^a,b   Rooth, Dan Olof ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84894056576     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.6.1.253     Document Type: Article

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