The college admissions contribution to the labor market beauty premium
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- Ong, David & Xie, Man & Zhang, Junsen, 2020. "The College Admissions Contribution to the Labor Market Beauty Premium," MPRA Paper 98517, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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