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Selected Fertility and Racial Inequality

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Journal of Human Resources, May 2024, 59 (3) 684-710; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0221-11481R2
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Owen Thompson is an associate professor of economics at Williams College and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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