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Educational attainment and cohort size

D C Stapleton, D J Young

    Journal of Labor Economics
    |July 1, 1988
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    AmericasBaby BoomCohort AnalysisDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesDeveloping CountriesEconomic FactorsEducationEducational StatusFertilityHuman ResourcesLabor ForceMacroeconomic FactorsNorth AmericaNorthern AmericaPopulationPopulation DynamicsResearch MethodologySocioeconomic FactorsSocioeconomic StatusUnited States

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