Estimating county-level demand for educational attainment
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Many Types of Human Capital and Many Roles in U.S. Growth: Evidence from County-Level Educational Attainment Data*
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عنوان ژورنال: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0038-0121
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0121(93)90026-f