Birth Timing and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
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- Palacios-Huerta, Ignacio, 2024. "Birth timing and the intergenerational transmission of human capital," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 122622, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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