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1.

The Most Cited Articles from the Top-5 Journals (1991-2015)

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5999
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Aug 2016
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Laurent Linnemer and Michael Visser
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST)
Downloads 957
2.

Sports and Child Development

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3629
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Nov 2011
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Andrea Christina Felfe, Michael Lechner and Andreas Steinmayr
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research and University of Chicago - Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
Downloads 728
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An Economist's Perspective on Student Loans in the United States

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5579
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Nov 2015
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Susan M. Dynarski
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Downloads 725
4.

Educational Federalism and the Quality Effects of Tuition Fees

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3193
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Oct 2010
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Alexander Kemnitz
Dresden University of Technology - Faculty of Economics and Business Management
Downloads 572
5.

The Long-Run Effects of Teacher Collective Bargaining

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5977
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 28 Jul 2016
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Michael Lovenheim and Alexander Willen
Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis and Management and Cornell University
Downloads 514
6.

Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2620
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2009
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Thomas J. Dohmen, Armin Falk, David Huffman and Uwe Sunde
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), IZA Institute of Labor Economics, IZA Institute of Labor Economics and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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Downloads 446
7.

Is Traditional Teaching Really All That Bad? A Within-Student Between-Subject Approach

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2634
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Apr 2009
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Guido Schwerdt and Amelie C. Wuppermann
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics
Downloads 445
8.

Withering Academia?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3209
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Oct 2010
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Bruno S. Frey
CREMA
Downloads 399
9.

A Note on Brain Gain and Brain Drain: Permanent Migration and Education Policy

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3154
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 17 Aug 2010
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Alexander Haupt, Tim Krieger and Thomas Lange
Plymouth University - Plymouth Business School, University of Freiburg - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
Downloads 364
10.

Impatience and Uncertainty: Experimental Decisions Predict Adolescents' Field Behavior

CESifo Working Paper No. 3635
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Nov 2011
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Matthias Sutter, Martin G. Kocher, Daniela Rützler and Stefan Trautmann
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics, University of Innsbruck and Tilburg University

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Downloads 336
11.

The Determinants of International Mobility of Students

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3848
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Jun 2012
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Michel A. R. Beine, Romain Noel and Lionel Ragot
University of Luxemburg, University of Lille I and University of Lille I
Downloads 266
12.

The Impact of Teacher Subject Knowledge on Student Achievement: Evidence from Within-Teacher Within-Student Variation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3111
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Jul 2010
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Johannes Metzler and Ludger Woessmann
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Munich Graduate School of Economics (MGSE) and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

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Downloads 255
13.

Home with Mom: The Effects of Stay-at-Home Parents on Children's Long-Run Educational Outcomes

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4274
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Jun 2013
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Eric Bettinger, Torbjorn Haegeland and Mari Rege
Stanford University, Statistics Norway and University of Stavanger
Downloads 244
14.

Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2877
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Jan 2010
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Martin Schlotter, Guido Schwerdt and Ludger Woessmann
Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs,Infrastructure, Transport an Technology, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

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Downloads 224
15.

Identity and Entrepreneurship

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2661
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 May 2009
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Oliver Falck, Stephan Heblich and Elke Lüdemann
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation, University of Stirling - Department of Economics and ifo Institute for Economic Research - Department Human Capital and Innovation
Downloads 224
16.

The Effects of School Competition on Academic Achievement and Grading Standards

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2676
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 01 Jul 2009
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Oliver Himmler
University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - Department of Economics
Downloads 221
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Academic Performance and Single-Sex Schooling: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3592
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Oct 2011
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Gerald Eisenkopf, Zohal Hessami, Urs Fischbacher and Heinrich W. Ursprung
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, University of Konstanz, Department of Economics, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and University of Konstanz
Downloads 218
18.

Virtually No Effect? Different Uses of Classroom Computers and their Effect on Student Achievement

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5266
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Apr 2015
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Oliver Falck, Constantin Mang and Ludger Woessmann
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

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Downloads 198
19.

Student and Graduate Migration and its Effect on the Financing of Higher Education

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4963
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Sep 2014
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Tina Haussen and Silke Uebelmesser
University of Jena and University of Jena - School of Economics and Business Administration
Downloads 196
20.

The Consumption Value of Higher Education

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2871
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Dec 2009
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Annette Alstadsæter and Hans Henrik Sievertsen
School of Economics and Business, NMBU and University of Bristol
Downloads 193
21.

The Impact of School Lunches on Primary School Enrollment: Evidence from India's Midday Meal Scheme

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3679
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Dec 2011
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Rajshri Jayaraman and Dora Simroth
ESMT European School of Management and Technology and ESMT European School of Management and Technology

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Downloads 184
22.

Assessment Drives Learning: The Effect of Central Exit Exams on Curricular Knowledge and Mathematical Literacy

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2666
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Jun 2009
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Hendrik Jürges, Kerstin Schneider, Martin Senkbeil and Claus Carstensen
University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Dortmund, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Bamberg
Downloads 183
23.

Parent-Child Information Frictions and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Field Experiment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5391
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 24 Jun 2015
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Peter Bergman
Columbia University
Downloads 182
24.

Economists in the Pits?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2594
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 May 2009
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Bruno S. Frey
CREMA

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Downloads 177
25.

Competition for the International Pool of Talent: Education Policy and Student Mobility

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3421
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Apr 2011
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Alexander Haupt, Tim Krieger and Thomas Lange
Plymouth University - Plymouth Business School, University of Freiburg - Department of Economics and University of Konstanz - Department of Economics
Downloads 173
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Bohemians, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2715
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Jul 2009
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Oliver Falck, Michael Fritsch and Stephan Heblich
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation, University of Jena - School of Economics and Business Administration and University of Stirling - Department of Economics
Downloads 170
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Top of the Class: The Importance of Ordinal Rank

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4815
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 25 Jun 2014
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Richard Murphy and Felix Weinhardt
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Humboldt University of Berlin
Downloads 169
28.

Human Capital and National Institutional Quality: Are TIMSS, PISA, and National Average IQ Robust Predictors?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4790
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Jun 2014
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Garett Jones and Niklas Potrafke
George Mason University - Department of Economics and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute
Downloads 165
29.

The Role of Human Capital and Innovation in Prussian Economic Development

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4391
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Sep 2013
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Francesco Cinnirella and Jochen Streb
University of Southern Denmark - Department of Business and Economics and University of Mannheim
Downloads 162
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Immigration, Fertility, and Human Capital: A Model of Economic Decline of the West

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3025, Bar-Ilan University Department of Economics Research Paper No. 2010-04
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Apr 2010
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Leonid V. Azarnert
Ariel University Center
Downloads 161
31.

Is Universal Child Care Leveling the Playing Field?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4014
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Dec 2012
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Tarjei Havnes and Magne Mogstad
University of Oslo - Department of Economics and Statistics Norway
Downloads 159
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School Shootings and Student Performance

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3114
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Jul 2010
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Panu Poutvaara and Olli Tapani Ropponen
University of Helsinki - Department of Economics and Government of the Republic of Finland - VATT Institute for Economic Research

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Downloads 145
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General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes Over the Life-Cycle

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3614
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Oct 2011
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Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann and Zhang Lei
Stanford University - Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Ifo Institute for Economic Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Downloads 144
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Stay in School or Start Working? - The Human Capital Investment Decision under Uncertainty and Irreversibility

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2825
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Oct 2009
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Natasa Bilkic, Thomas Gries and Margarethe Pilichowski
University of Paderborn, University of Paderborn and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 138
35.

Political Economics of Higher Education Finance

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2829
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Oct 2009
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Rainald Borck and Martin Wimbersky
Humboldt University of Berlin - Faculty of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 129
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Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4452
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 13 Nov 2013
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Davide Cantoni and Noam Yuchtman
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

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Downloads 126
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Vocational vs. General Education and Employment Over the Life-Cycle: New Evidence from PIAAC

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6116
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Nov 2016
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Franziska Hampf and Ludger Woessmann
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

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Downloads 124
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Engineering Growth: Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6339
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 15 Mar 2017
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William F. Maloney and Felipe Valencia Caicedo
World Bank - Poverty and Economic Management Unit and World Bank
Downloads 121
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Trade, Education, and the Shrinking Middle Class

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4141
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Mar 2013
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Emily J. Blanchard and Gerald Willmann
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and Bielefeld University

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Downloads 115
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More Schooling, More Children? Compulsory Schooling and Fertility in Europe

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5068
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 02 Dec 2014
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Margherita Fort, Nicole E. Schneeweis and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
University of Bologna, Johannes Kepler University Linz - Department of Economics and Johannes Kepler University Linz - Department of Economics
Downloads 110
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Migration and Networks: Does Education Matter More than Gender?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3010
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Apr 2010
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Michel A. R. Beine and Sara Salomone
University of Luxemburg and Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
Downloads 109
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Government Deficits in the European Union: An Analysis of Entry and Exit Dynamics

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2703
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Jul 2009
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Ali H. Bayar and Bram Smeets
European Commission, DG II and EcoMod - Brussels
Downloads 107
43.

Measuring the Consumption Value of Higher Education

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2799
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Dec 2009
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Annette Alstadsæter
School of Economics and Business, NMBU
Downloads 107
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The Return to College: Selection Bias and Dropout Risk

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4733
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 07 May 2014
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Lutz Hendricks and Oksana Leukhina
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and University of Washington
Downloads 104
45.

Women's Education and Family Behavior: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2940
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Feb 2010
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Adam Isen and Betsey Stevenson
U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis (OTA) and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

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Downloads 104
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A Non-Experimental Evaluation of Curricular Effectiveness in Math

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 09-12
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 07 May 2010
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Rachana R. Bhatt and Cory Koedel
Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Department of Economics and University of Missouri - Economics
Downloads 103
47.

Cross-Country Evidence on Teacher Performance Pay

CESifo Working Paper No. 3151
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Aug 2010
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Ludger Woessmann
Ifo Institute for Economic Research

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Downloads 102
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Catch Me If You Can - Education and Catch-Up in the Industrial Revolution

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2816
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 27 Oct 2009
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Sascha O. Becker, Erik Hornung and Ludger Woessmann
University of Warwick, University of Cologne - Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR) and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

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Downloads 101
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Compulsory Schooling Reforms, Education and Mortality in Twentieth Century Europe

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3755
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Mar 2012
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Christina Gathmann, Hendrik Jürges and Steffen Reinhold
Alfred-Weber Institut, University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) and E.CA Economics

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Downloads 101
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Dissecting Network Externalities in International Migration

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3333
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Feb 2011
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Michel A. R. Beine, Frédéric Docquier and Caglar Ozden
University of Luxemburg, Université catholique de Louvain and World Bank - Research Department
Downloads 101