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Return Migration, Investment in Children, and Intergenerational Mobility

Comparing Sons of Foreign- and Native-Born Fathers

Christian Dustmann
Journal of Human Resources, March 2008, 43 (2) 299-324; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.43.2.299
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