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Military Service and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Colonial Punjab

Oliver Vanden Eynde
Journal of Human Resources, October 2016, 51 (4) 1003-1035; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.51.4.1013-5977R1
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