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Can education compensate for low ability? Evidence from British data

Kevin Denny School of Economics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; Geary Institute, University College Dublin, IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Vincent O'sullivan Department of Economics, University of Warwick, UK
Pages 657-660 | Published online: 11 Jul 2007

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