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Human Capital Investment, Inequality and Growth

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  • Topel, Robert H.

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  • Murphy, Kevin M. & Topel, Robert H., 2014. "Human Capital Investment, Inequality and Growth," Working Papers 253, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State.
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