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Peer Effects in Welfare Dependence

Quasi-Experimental Evidence

Olof Åslund and Peter Fredriksson
Journal of Human Resources, July 2009, 44 (3) 798-825; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.3.798
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