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Breaking from the starting gate on the right foot: Employment effects of an investment in human capital

Agata Maida and Daniela Sonedda
Published online before print December 08, 2021, 1119-10578R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1119-10578R2
Agata Maida
Agata Maida is an associate professor of economics at the University of Milan.
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Daniela Sonedda is an associate professor of economics at the University of Piemonte Orientale and CRENoS research fellow
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1119-10578R2
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1119-10578R2
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
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  • Published online December 8, 2021.

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  1. Agata Maida is an associate professor of economics at the University of Milan.
  2. Daniela Sonedda is an associate professor of economics at the University of Piemonte Orientale and CRENoS research fellow
  1. Corresponding author: Daniela Sonedda, University of Piemonte Orientale, daniela.sonedda{at}uniupo.it

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Agata Maida, Daniela Sonedda
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