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The Income-Achievement Gap and Adult Outcome Inequality

Eric Nielsen
Published online before print February 07, 2023, 0519-10220R3; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0519-10220R3
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Principal Economist, Division of Research and Statistics, Federal Reserve Board. Contact: Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Mail Stop 97, 20th and C Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20551. . (202) 872-7591.
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