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Early Skill Effects on Parental Beliefs, Investments and Children Long-Run Outcomes1

Pablo Celhay and Sebastian Gallegos
Published online before print July 11, 2022, 0920-11175R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0920-11175R2
Pablo Celhay
aPablo Celhay is an assistant professor at the School of Government and Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., Pontifιcia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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Sebastian Gallegos
bSebastian Gallegos (corresponding author) is an assistant professor of economics at the Business School, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile and member of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCEO) at The University of Chicago. Email: .
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