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Long-Term Intergenerational Persistence of Human Capital

An Empirical Analysis of Four Generations

Mikael Lindahl, Mårten Palme, Sofia Sandgren Massih and Anna Sjögren
Journal of Human Resources, January 2015, 50 (1) 1-33; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.1.1
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