Child Ability and Household Human Capital Investment Decisions in Burkina Faso
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Child Ability and Household Human Capital Investment Decisions in Burkina Faso
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عنوان ژورنال: Economic Development and Cultural Change
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0013-0079,1539-2988
DOI: 10.1086/666953