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Are Children Really Inferior Goods?

Evidence from Displacement-Driven Income Shocks

Jason M. Lindo
Journal of Human Resources, March 2010, 45 (2) 301-327; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.2.301
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