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The Intergenerational Transmission of Schooling among the Education-Rationed

Jorge M. Agüero and Maithili Ramachandran
Journal of Human Resources, March 2020, 55 (2) 504-538; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.2.0816.8143R
Jorge M. Agüero
Jorge Agüero is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and El Instituto at the University of Connecticut (). Maithili Ramachandran is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the University of California, Riverside.
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Jorge Agüero is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and El Instituto at the University of Connecticut (). Maithili Ramachandran is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the University of California, Riverside.
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