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Household Investments in Education and Income Inequality at the Community Level: Evidence from Indonesia

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Nugent, J.B., Swaminathan, S. (2006). Household Investments in Education and Income Inequality at the Community Level: Evidence from Indonesia. In: de Janvry, A., Kanbur, R. (eds) Poverty, Inequality and Development. Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29748-0_7

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