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Research ArticleSymposium on Empirical Methods

What Are We Weighting For?

Gary Solon, Steven J. Haider and Jeffrey M. Wooldridge
Journal of Human Resources, March 2015, 50 (2) 301-316; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.2.301
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