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Is there a Causal Effect of High School Math on Labor Market Outcomes?

Juanna Schrøter Joensen and Helena Skyt Nielsen
Journal of Human Resources, January 2009, 44 (1) 171-198; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.1.171
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